How Does Jack Change In Lord Of The Flies

An English philosopher Thomas Hobbes once said, “The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.” In the society we live in, rules keep us in check. But what if the rules disappeared? In the book “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding delineates the life of a group of boys separated from modern civilization. Crash landed onto an island, the group of boys face a challenge of survival, as adults are not to be found. Without authority or guidelines to abide by, the boys are taken into their dark side. When authority and rules disappears, a spark, allowing their inner savage surfaces. The boys slowly return back to the primitive stage we once experienced. Golding is trying to communicate the inner “beastie” humans contain

Jack has a series of changes in his behaviour that ultimately brings war onto the island. The conch representing a symbol of civilization in control, is used to share opinions. But fierce comments were used when the kids disagreed with ideas. Ralph said more rules need to be in place. Jack, the leader of the choir, then commented, “I agree with Ralph. We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages.” (Golding 42). This comment by Jack was one of the most logical ones he made. Ralph, chosen as the leader by the boys, upsets Jack. But that doesn’t discourage him from keeping order. The situation at this moment was in control and the boys still believed in society. But Jack later on discovers an absence of authority. He was able to control most of the boys. Jack then had an urge to kill something and used pigs as his source for flesh. “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.”(Golding 64). He later takes his choir and goes on a pig hunt. Jack doesn’t hunt only to get meat, rather he likes to exercise over living things. And the more power he acquires, he limits the execution of his tasks. Ralph makes Jack control the fire, but he disobeyed the task and proceeded on his own. This causes more arguments and ultimately leads to war on the

As Simon discovers the “real beastie” on the mountain, he proceeds to inform the others. On his way towards the camp, the boys start shouting a chant, “Kill the beast! Cut his Throat! Spill his blood!”(Golding 152) A graphical image pops up because the boys had killed a sow comforting its children. The boys then attack Simon as if he might be the beast. “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.”(Golding 153). This incident is the first time the “tribe” purposely killed a human. A real savage for killing a human and they don’t accept the murder. Jack and his tribe continue to hunt for pigs while Ralph moans and agrees it was everyone's fault. But the real reason a temptation came was because of an absence of authority. Simon, the intelligent one, was smart enough to realize the beast was inside them. He later said, “What I mean is. . . maybe it’s only us.”(Golding 126). But society cannot face the truth. The boys might have accidently killed him, but inside, we could never figured out the thought process of Jack or Roger. They might have wanted to kill him, because it was hard to face reality. Even in today’s society, murder is executed when a person is either in anguish or they couldn’t face the hard