How Does Jack Act In A Civilized World

While Jack, Ralph, and Roger might be safe at home after being rescued their savage ways still affect them in different ways. How do savage boys act in a civilized world? The Lord of the Flies by William Golding introduces a group of young boys that are stranded on an island who must learn to survive each other if they want to be rescued. Jack, Ralph, and Roger are all affected by the horror of what happened on the island. Each character was affected differently by their experience on the island, Jack goes back to his civilized ways with no focus on the past, Ralph has suffered a traumatic experience and has trouble working back into daily life, and Roger being the most violent character has trouble learning how to be civilized again. Each character was changed while on the island in different ways and now that they are

First we see Jack after being rescued tries to forget about his actions towards the other boys. He acts as if nothing happened on the island. He does this to try to forget the harm he did to so many boys. We see him lose sight of civilized actions when he states “I’m chief! Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph. The point tore the skin and flesh over Ralph’s ribs, then sheared off and fell into the water.” (Golding, 1954 p. 181). This shows that Jack did some horrible things on the island and could make him regret and ignore his actions to the others. While Jack is trying to ignore what happened on the island Ralph can’t forget his traumatic experience. Ralph has trouble making friends and trusting people after he was hunted down and witnessed two of his friends die. His traumatic experience on the island really changed him from an innocent kid at the beginning of the story to a boy who has to fight for his survival.We see Ralph embrace his traumatic experience when “Ralph lay