Jack's Desire For Control In Lord Of The Flies

In the book, Lord of the Flies, William Golding writes an artistic and gruesome story of a group of boys whose plane crashes on a remote island and leaves them stranded without any adult supervision. Ralph’s main focus is on finding a way off of the island. Jack’s main focus is being the leader and creating ways to survive on the island. Instead of killing Ralph, the fire Jack sets gets them rescued. By analyzing the increase amount of blood spillage throughout Lord of the Flies, one can see how Jack’s desire for control results in great amount of spilled blood and increased lust for domination over the boys, reflecting society’s dangerous desire power and domination, including the changement of the boys’ attitudes from beginning to end.

Control-seeking, narcissistic, and demented are all words that can be used to describe Jack. From the moment he arrives on the island, he fantasizes about being control. At the beginning of the book Ralph is the one who blows the conch and brings all the boys together, nominating him leader of the pack of boys’. From that point on Jack is constantly fighting Ralph for power.
At one point during the story, Jack forms a hunting a group to help bring meat back to the boys. The first hog they hunt escapes their grasps. Hesitating, Jack loses the pig and beats himself up about it. Believing it shows a sign weakness, he is not to make the same mistake again. The second pig they come across doesn’t even get the chance to squeal before Jack’s spear slashes its throat. Success is the first that comes to his mind, he and the boys carry it back to the fire on the mountain. All the boys back at the camp see the pig being carried by the hunters and erupt into a frenzy of jolly, little hungry fish. This kill brings Jack the attention and power he has been craving, with his first taste of what it is like to be leader it only ignites the fire deep inside of him.
Jack and his hunters break off from Ralph’s posse, for they no longer desire to be rescued and are tired of his controlling ways.

Jack does invite them to feast, however, of a pig they have killed to offer it in a ritual to the beast. The hunters and part of Ralph’s posse begin to chant and dance forming a horseshoe along the way. Simon is the only not attending the feast when it begins. Instead he went to see of the beast was real, it was not; which tells him that he needs to go tell the others there is no such thing. He comes crawling out of the demonic, dark forest and is heading towards the boys when they swallow him into the, now circle, ritual and thinking he is the beast since he came crawling out of the forest at night, they believe he is the beast. Without any questions in mind they attack Simon, stabbing him repeatedly with their spears. This is the first of any human blood to be spilt by the boys. Later on, in the story when it is just Ralph and Piggy left against the savages they go to them hoping to either reconcile or have some of the others boys come back to them. Jack is having none of it and he and the boys begin to throw rocks at both Ralph and Piggy. Ralph begs for them to stop, but it only gets worse. Piggy ends up getting hit with a small, boulder-like rock and falling to his death. Cracking his skull open on the rocks beneath and the sea carrying him to his demise. Jack, with this new found courage and power, seeks to no longer have to fight Ralph for

control. Getting rid of Ralph, was the last thing Jack had planned to succeed. Sending the island up in flames was Jack’s last resort to finding Ralph and killing him, however; the Naval ship arrive right in time saving Ralph.
Ralph, over flowing with happiness breaks down in front of the naval officer; realizing he no longer had to worry about Jack or his savages trying to kill him. All the others boy break down crying, upon seeing that they are being rescued. Being questioned by the officer if anyone had gotten hurt or killed during their time spent of the island; Ralph finally realizes how much blood had actually been spilled on the island, animal or not. The amount of blood lost slowly, but gradually piled up over time. To his disappointment, Jack was not happy to see they were being saved. Jack had been enraptured by the feeling of killing and did not enjoy his loss of control and power so quickly after how much he had worked to get it. Jack had become the beast.
Even toward the end of the story, when Ralph had become more like Jack, their relationship could not be salvaged. The Naval officer’s arrival brings all the boys to realization to what they have become; from starting out as nice and proper choir boys to ending as blood thirsty savages. This being cause by the opposing views both Jack and Ralph held for their dire situation. With each kill, Jack lost a part of his humanity leaving nothing but a power hungry monster. Having no adult supervision and finding yourself left in a society where you have the ability can be in control can cause a treacherous and unpredictable hysteric situation. Golding’s Lord of the Flies opens you to how tyranny can easily affect any community or society.