Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of young british boys who get into a plane crash and land on an island. A few boys take charge while others stand back, the leaders are the ones who you see the most change in. One of the older boys, Jack, changes the most dramatically. Throughout the course of the novel, Jack changes from a civil boy to a savage. Starting out on the island Jack was just as much of a civil boy as all the others. Trying to figure out how to get rescued and what they should do until then. Even after Jack loses the vote to become leader he seems ready to help Ralph establish order, “We’ve got to have rules and obey them.” A little further into the book even, Jack can’t bring himself to kill a pig that they come across when he has an opportunity. “I was choosing a place. Next time!" Although he is trying to act tough in front of the other boys saying “next time” ;Jack could not bring himself to kill a living thing. Showing that he is still a civilized boy. Jack begins to question Ralphs power and you can see him start to turn into a savage. Jack takes charge of the hunters and declares this to be the most important thing. This goes against Ralph because he makes it clear that fire is the most important. Jack cannot deal with the moral implications of killing something. While telling the story of the first kill says “‘I cut the pigs throat’ says Jack, proudly, and yet twitched as he said it.” Although you are starting to see some savage like qualities in Jack, he is still a civil boy. After the boys split up between Ralphs group that stays in the shelters, and Jack’s group that goes off to Castle Rock; Jack has completely turned into a savage. There is no hope left for him. He has made it clear in his actions that hunting and having power are his first and only concerns. When the boys are gathered on the beach for Jack’s feast, one of the