Why Did Jack Lose In Lord Of The Flies

In the Lord of The Flies the boys seem to lose some qualities when they are trying to survive, The main example of this is Jack. The things that i think they lose the most are sympathy, common sense and the ability to think clearly. First, the boys seem to lose their sympathy for other things and for themselves. At this point in the book Jack starts to try to take control over the group of kids, a piece of evidence that shows this would be, Ralph made a step forward and Jack smacked Piggy’s head. Piggy’s glasses flew off and tinkled on the rocks(71). This shows where one of the only things that was hold the boys together, the glasses, was partially broken. So this means that the boys are already starting to fall apart. Piggy’s glass was

Jack has finally started his own tribe, he retaliates against jack this piece of evidence says “ He began to pound the mouth below him, using his clenchedfist as a hammer ; he hit with more and more passionate hysteria as the face became slippery.” (167). This shows that even though Ralph knows that the boys are the only ones on the island he still hits the person very hard until they start to bleed. This means that the boys are trying to fight and raid each other for some fire and Piggy’s glasses, when they said they’d give them fire if they would’ve just asked for it. Throughout the story you can see the boys transform from kids to savages, this piece of evidence shows how savage kids twelve and under can get when they want to survive. A piece of evidence to support this would be” At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed struck bit and tore”(153). The boys after a little while knew that the “monster” that they were killing was Simon, and they were having fun doing it. This shows that the boys have really become animals and savage enough to kill another kid when they just get a little scared from a beast that doesn’t really