Throughout Lord of the flies, by William Golding, a major theme is the boys, specifically Jacks disconnection to civilization. Towards the start of the novel a strong foreshadowing is given to the reader about the type of personality Jack has, one that has the potential to turn from a good to evil. We see, slowly but surely Jack's character change. At the beginning of the novel, Jack can be characterized as civilized and humane, but by the end of the novel, he can be characterized as an uncivilized savage, who eventually returns to an innocent young boy. When the reader is first introduced to Jack the author gives us a sense of him being different from the other kids. The author describes him as ugly to symbolize that he's ugly on the inside too and he uses imagery to make him stand out, “His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without …show more content…
Jack symbolizes man's everlasting want to hunt and be the top of the food chain. “[Jack] began to dance and laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.”(pg.33) This idea is reinforced many times, to show its importance and effect it will have. At this point in the book Jack wants nothing more than to hunt and get others to want to hunt with him. “There was lashings of blood,” said Jack, laughing and shuddering, “you should have seen it.”(pg.69) From this quote one can conclude that Jack has a want to be nice and civilized. One can get to this conclusion from the fact that at first Jack rejects, shudders, off this intense power from hunting but ultimately loses control over his adrenaline. Later on, Jack has enough of Ralph getting angry over Jack's obsession of hunting and starts a break off group who focus on hunting more than anything. “We hunt and feast and have fun. If you want to join my tribe come and see us.”(pg.140) The group is somewhat successful until Jack loses control over himself and goes full