When they gather around for the first time after Ralph summons them, he declares “We’ll have rules…lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks ‘em-.” (Golding 33). The boys are excited to have rules; they are comforted by this thought, even Jack, who is in obvious competition with Ralph to become chief from the very start. They are welcoming to the thought of punishment if rules are broken, because this is how they function in their civilized lives. When Jack finds out there are animals on the island, he wants to hunt them.
Jack wouldn’t have done those things without the mask on, and many times he is blushing under the mask when he says things. The only reason he says them is because no one will be able to see his reaction or expression Jack's tribe gradually becomes more animalistic, applying face paint to liberate their inner savages while they hunt. The face paint becomes a motif which recurs throughout the story, with more and more intensity toward the end. The face paint jack and his tribe uses symbolize the loss of rules and civility and his true personality showing, which is the evil within him emerging. Jack painted him face so that when he did something wrong he wouldn’t be accountable for his actions as he uses the paint as a mask to hide him from the truth.
His power was very strong in the beginning of the novel but as Jack began to rebel against Ralph, the rest of the boys went along with him. Jack wanted the power from the beginning of the novel. Jack wanted everyone to vote for him while the other boys nominated Ralph to be their leader. He had a small amount of power with his hunters at the start but as the time on the island progressed, he bribed people with food and threatened them to gain more. Ralph pushed Piggy to one side.
The man states that “[his] duty was to kill the snake.” When the man uses the word “duty” it gives a sense that there are no other options and that it’s imperative that he does it. The reader knows the man is unskilled at killing animals since his actions are described as hacking and messy, so his attempts look horrific as the reader reads in disappointment. The reader can still condole with the man and pity him for making the decisions that he does. Also, the man reflects “that there were children, dogs, horses at the ranch,
At first, he thinks that there could be a beast, but because he is shy, doesn’t fully admit that. He says, “There might be a beast”. However, later on in the novel, he comes to realize that the beast is in their minds. He tries to explain this to the others during their ritual dance but gets murdered before the point gets across. Lastly, I think Ralph had the best idea about the beast.
Evil Nature of Human Beings In the Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the boys experiment with the evil nature of human beings and end up losing their humanity and sense of civilization. Each of them develops it differently, some grow stronger and realize their wrongs, and others let the evil over take them and transform themselves into beasts. Jack becomes very jealous of Ralph and his power; he wants to take it from him. Jack then creates his own tribe of boys and turns them all against Ralph, meanwhile craving the hunt for food and is power hungry. Ralph represents the goodness left on the island, while Jacks worst got the best of him.
Things get so bad one of the boys are killed because they were acting out their hunt of a pig. Apart from Ralph, Simon, and Piggy, the group largely follows Jack in casting off moral restraint and embracing violence and savagery. Jack’s love of authority and violence make him to feel powerful and exalted. By the end of the novel, Jack has learned to use the boys’ fear of the beast to control their
‘As if,’ said Simon, ‘the beastie, the beastie or the snake-thing, was real. Remember?’” (Golding 19) The previous quotation represents that Ralph wants to build shelters, because he knows that the kids are afraid—but all Jack wants to do is hunt. Would that have helped? We know that the boys themselves are the beast, but the boys don't. Maybe building huts would have helped them feel safe enough to keep Simon
It just didn’t seem to stay on track in order for me to grasp a good tone. In (paragraph 61) Sykes is back up to his scaring tactics again but this time he actually found a rattle snake to scare his wife with. The tone he sets is very confident. I say this because he really thinks that all of a sudden he is a snake charmer. He thinks that he can control the snake that he has caught.
However, I feel Simba’s performance as the hero of pride rock solidifies his importance in the story and thus grants him as the protagonist. I think the clear antagonist in the play was Scar. The audience’s reaction to his every entrance during the performance was met with jeers, and the production’s portrayal of his scenes was very dark which had a direct correlation to his character’s motives. The plot of the story begins at Pride Rock as the King and Queen present their new cub to the entire animal kingdom. There is rejoice but the King’s devious brother plans to dethrone his brother