Unlike Ralph's peaceful, democratic leadership, Jack believes in violence as a way to rule. Jack uses anarchism, the absence of government, as his method of winning over the boys and convincing them to leave Ralph. When Jack is originally unsuccessful as convincing the boys to convert over to his own methods, he resorts to savagery in order to become successful in gaining power and sovereignty over the boys. Jack's disrespect, desire to hunt, and violent tendencies are all ways in which he gains and maintains power over the converted boys. Most importantly, Jack's disrespect towards the other boys makes him fearful to the others, and therefore the boys feel obligated to follow his orders if they want to avoid consequences.
The beast, the conch shell, and the signal fire all epitomize this theme. At first, the beast is just a product of the overactive imagination of frightened littluns. As time goes on, the fear among the boys continues to grow. Jack soon realizes that he can use this to manipulate them. He uses it against them so he can take advantage of their vulnerability and control them.
Right here Jack already tries to imply that his choir is more savage than the rest of the boys by calling them hunters. Secondly, Jack once again expresses his need for control by going against the rules that were instilled among the boys in the beginning of the book. Jack says, “Bollocks to the rules! Were strong- we hunt…we’ll close in and beat and beat and beat,” (Golding 99). The excessive control demonstrated by the boys undoubtedly supports the idea that humans are innately evil, and it is also shown in many other ways such as how the boys mistreat each other.
How does Golding present Jack as savage and violent in Lord of the Flies? There is a great deal of change within jack over the course of Lord of the Flies, he begins the books seeming to be a positive influence on the boys small society but his character slowly develops into being a sort of antagonist figure, or at the very least a “negative” influence, a figure seeped in tribal violence and savagery. Golding uses animalistic imagery in his description of jack, for example “ape-like” and “hiss” The simile Ape-like suggests a theme of devolution within jack. Of him losing his very humanity as he develops (based on the theory of evolution and humans sharing a common ancestor with monkeys etc.). His devolution into an ape represents a change towards a more primitive nature, and possibly violent due to the lack of sentience.
Except by me” (Golding 33). He made it clear that this is officially one of the rule which will be followed and he wouldn’t accept no as an answer. Later in the novel the value of discipline grows more. To be specific, Jack became a dictator who acted so cruel to those who don’t follow his rule. Jack and his “tribe” punished anyone who didn’t follow them.
This aspect of the human condition is expressed through the differences of Jack and Ralph’s interests and the struggle between the two sides of the boys’ nature, which soon leads to conflicts between good vs. evil and civilisation vs. savagery. When the boys first assemble together on the island, Ralph and Jack appear to be friends and allies; however the tension between them becomes more palpable as we read on. Ralph and Jack epitomises the two different representations of humans. Ralph focuses on safety, organisation and rescue. He stresses the important of keeping a signal fire and building shelters.
While the truth of this statement is debatable, I believe that your actions are not what defines you; it is the society you belong to that determines your actions. Throughout the novel, Golding shows a progression in the boys’ behaviour from well-behaved, civilized English boys to evil, wild savages. Once the boys land on the island, they begin to become more crazed and less civilized. This is a product of the society they belong to, not the evil that is deep inside them. Since the boys are still relatively young when they crash on the island they lack a certain level of adult maturity; without any sort of adult authority figure, they are more inclined to be out of control.
They start by using survivor knifes but as their urge to hunt increases, so does the intensity of the weapon. The small survivor knifes represents their innocence, but as time goes by the little boys mentally grew older into more dangerous versions of themselves. As their innocence diffuses, their rage becomes stronger as they hold "bloodied knives in [their] hands" (Golding. Ch.4. pg.71).
(Golding 69) Though he chant may have been born out of their frustration of constantly being eluded by the swine and finally being successful, as time goes on the chant becomes more of tradition when they take an animal’s life. Eventually, everyone begins to indulge in this vicious call for murder. Further into the story, there are more evident signs that the group is slowly descending into violence. Roger, a rather
In the novel, the boys are at an age where they are unaware of how things are to be run in a community, so this causes split parties. Golden uses the ideas of civilization and Savagery to describe innate evil in human nature. Though it may be obvious that order is superior over chaos for a society to be successful. 4B. 1. Who: Ralph and Jack 2.