Jack In Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

There is a fine line between good and evil, and change, in many ways can be for the worse. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the community of schoolboys who crash onto an unknown island change according to the wilderness and the influential Jack. Against the will of their civilized and elected Chief Ralph, Jack undermines the growing infrastructure of the group by giving rise to fun and chaos, gaining dominance. For a society whose survival depends on strategy and discipline, the change in character draws division within desires and values. All room under my identical tapestries have ailments. Hence, the metamorphosis of Jack from civilized to savage portrays the sinfulness of human nature: choosing desire over morality, cruelty over

intellect, and now over tomorrow.
Firstly, altering beliefs to correspond with one’s desires, like ripples of a pond when a pebble is thrown, tend to cause disruption in civilization.

For instance, while Ralph and Simon attempt to build shelters, Jack insists that hunting is a higher priority. While they complain how the others will not help, Jack emphasizes they want meat Golding , to which Ralph contradicts they need shelters . By choice of wording, Golding suggests Jack, knowing it is not a necessity, still urges to act based on want over need. Additionally, Jack develops from a boy hesitant to kill a pig, to a cunning, premeditative hunter. On his first encounter, Jack has a pause when aiming at a piglet, but afterwards, so entranced in bloodlust, stalks in the undergrowth , and later cut the pig’s throat, which he describes with pride. Transitioning from humane to ruthless conveys how savagery becomes instinctive to humans in a situation of morality, specifically when ending a life. Similarly, the chant sang when first killing a pig, invigorates their sanguinary impulses for food. By the repetition of the chant, Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood. , Jack encourages the biguns to unify in savagery to have power against the wilderness. Rather than influencing order, he brings barbarity and power, something both he and the rest of the group lacked before becoming savage. Consequently, as the hunters enjoy what he offers, power sways from Ralph to Jack, sensing iniquitous savagery

prevailing.
Easily mislead, the dark nature of humans is to act cruel from the influence of others rather than listening to intellectual directions that differ. Moreover, Jack’s mindset influences the boys to harm others for sport. While littluns innocently play, two biguns, Maurice and Roger destroy their sandcastles out of amusement, and when a littlun gets an eye full of sand , Maurice uneasily walks away, leaving the littluns throwing sand as well. Conceptually, the littluns portray innocence, and by continual torment, the ‘innocence’ becomes inure to brutishness. By Maurice turning away from his emotions, quite literally, he chose to walk away from his principles, to think as the other would. Subsequently, Jack ignores Piggy’s witty ideas and harasses him, he indirectly corrupts the knowledge of the group. For instance, the glasses which Jack’s smack knocks off Piggy, symbolizes intelligence. Therefore, when the glasses break, it is the author’s way of demonstrating that with each savage act done on the island, follows irreparable damage to the intellect of the group. Through this change of morals, Jack also make the boys lose sense of thought to savagery. After a feast, full of food and dancing, a dirtied Simon emerges from the bushes to inform the boys the 'Beast' they fear is in their heads, the boys pull him to the centre of their chant circle, and struck, bit, and tore at him until leaving him for dead. The chant itself bring the boys, including Ralph and Piggy, who symbolize civilization to become conscienceless beings in allure of power, ergo consumed in the merciless act. From killing his first animal to gaining power, Jack’s influence transformed the boys from being capable of hunting an animal to murdering a person, all within a matter of months.
Lastly, Jack shows nefarious human tendencies to look after their immediate needs, and rather than help themselves later, they resist thinking beyond the present situation. Particularly when Jack stole away the twins Samneric, who were tending the fire to hunt a pig with him, he refuses to prospect the purpose of the fire. When returning with the ‘carcass of a pig , Ralph exclaims Jack let the fire out , squandering their chance to be rescued by the passing by ship. Diminishing the fire, a symbol of access to civilization, Jack’s arrogance prevents them from being found, meanwhile strengthening his savage view through bloodlust. Withal, human nature draws reckless behaviour and decisions, specifically as Jack orders the boys to set the forest ablaze while pursuing to hunt and kill Ralph. As he flees from his inhumane execution, Ralph estimates how far the fire has spread, worrying about the fruit trees, wondering what they would eat tomorrow . Thus Jack, unlike Ralph does not think beyond the current issue over power, and willingly puts the survival of the group at risk due to the savagery growing within him. Nevertheless, although Jack repeatedly said he wanted to help them be rescued in the novel, his insincere and rash actions prove otherwise.
In conclusion, Jack’s evolution in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, from ethical to primitive illustrates the sinful, yet pleasurable susceptibility humans have to the dark side. Whether to act based off impulse over morality, be cruel than have an erudite or divergent view, or to live in the moment than think of the consequences, the path to savagery is easy to cross. While persisting in the power of savagery, the change into a more cruel, unprincipled character, can be seen in many works of literature, such as Macbeth’s bloody conquest for the crown in William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. In history, and politics, there is manipulation and dictatorships whom govern over towns, countries, that affect people to this day. All in all, it is only natural to endure the urges of savage self growth.