Lord Of The Flies Jack Symbolism

LOTF Jack Analysis

Characters are the driving force in a story. The characters create and make the plot. One famous British novelist who had the art of creating strong characters is, William Golding. However, not only was he a novelist, but he was also a playwright and poet, who was best known for his novel Lord of the Flies. The fight between two opposing drives that reside within all people is the main focus of Lord of the Flies. The instinct to live by rules, act peacefully and follow moral commands, as opposed to the impulse that values the good of the group against the instinct to please one's immediate desires and act violently to obtain supremacy. Goldings uses the character Jack to demonstrate this. Jack is the antagonist who leads with fear and is a

Jack asserts in Chapter 5 that hunting is more significant than abiding by Ralph's rules. He places more significance on killing and hunting than on advancing the island's order and civilization. Jack shouts, "Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong – we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat!" He demonstrates his growing desire for power over others as he begins establishing an authoritarian system focused on hunting and cruelty. Jack continues to establish his power in a particularly brutal hunting scene in Chapter 8; he tells Roger "Sharpen a stick at both ends” and has Roger use it to mount the dead pig’s head and leave it as an offering to the beast. The head transforms into the Lord of the Flies, with whom Simon has a euphoric encounter. Roger and Jack sharpen a second stick in the final chapter. Although they don't say so directly, we may infer from the prior quote that they aim to mount Ralph's head as another offering to the beast to demonstrate Jack's brutality. Jack’s violent behavior is shown throughout the entire