Jack Flashcards
“Next time!” He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next time there would be no mercy.”
Jack is too innocent and childlike to kill the pig or shed blood. He is embarrassed in his inability to do so. He is clearly angered by this and makes him more determined to kill.
“I ought to be chief,” said Jack with simple arrogance, “because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.”
Shows how arrogant and domineering Jack can be. Thirsty for power. Thinks he deserves power simply because he already has it.
“Rescue? Yes of course! All the same, I’d like to catch a pig first” he snatched up his spear and dashed it into the ground.
Jack is becoming so consumed with his obsession to kill the life that he has forgotten the most important priorities ie getting rescued. He is already distancing himself from society and us descending into a savage and blood thirsty animal.
“There’s nothing in it of course. Just a feeling. But you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but - being hunted; as if something’s behind you all the time in the jungle.”
This is a very clever move on Jack’s part, he is already planting the seeds of his takeover as chief. By spreading the myth of the beast, he will gain the trust of the scared littleuns, who will prefer to talk to Jack rather than Ralph, their chief.
Jack bent double. He was down like a sprinter, his nose only a few inches from the humid earth.
Similie to compare Jack to an animal. His thirst for blood is turning him into an animal, like a predator hunting for food.
“I went in. I thought by myself-“ the madness came into his eyes again. “I thought I might kill.”
This shows how worrisome Jack’s need to kill is becoming. He sounds dangerous, violent and arrogant.
“Conch! Conch!” Shouted Jack, “we don’t need the conch anymore. We know who ought to say things.”
By his time, Jack has totally disregarded the rules of the island. He is more interested in savagery and hunting. He also doesn’t think the littleuns are important or deserve it have their say. He is trying to gain as much control as possible.
For the first time since he had first known Jack, Ralph could feel him hesitate.
Jack is just as scared as the rest of the boys. He is not all he claims to be.
He laid the conch with great care in the grass at his feet. The humiliating tears were running from the corner of each eye.
He seems to still have some semblance of respect for the conch and still understands the rules of the island. He is sensitive and embarrassed by his failure, which shows he is still a child and has a shred of humanity left.
A little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap in his red hair and who carried the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist, started forward, then changed his mind and stood still.
He has become so savage that he is almost beyond recognition. He still wear the cap as a symbol of his power and status. He is not willing to own up to his mistakes when he is brought back to a sharp reality.
“What a place for a fort!”
Jack thinks of the island as a battle field. He is in a battle over control with Ralph.
