Jack Merridew

Question 1

initially, jack is presented… (ch.1)

Answer 1

through his authority over the choir boys and superiority

Question 2

finish the quote: ‘the boy who…

Answer 2

…controlled them’

Question 3

‘the boy who controlled them’

Answer 3

• first description of jack - presented immediately as a leader
• dictator figure
• power hungry

Question 4

finish the quote: ‘he shouted an order and they…

Answer 4

….halted, gasping, sweating, swaying’

Question 5

‘he shouted an order and they halted, gasping, sweating, swaying’

Answer 5

• ‘shouted’ and ‘order’ - hints at militaristic behaviour Jack is exhibiting at first impression
• non-finite verbs show the choir fears him
• denotes jack as a tyrannical leader

Question 6

start the quote: …daring them to contradict’

Answer 6

‘he looked around fiercely…

Question 7

‘he looked around fiercely, daring them to contradict’

Answer 7

• wants people to fear him (tyrannical)
• domineering and controlling
• likes to be superior and in power - an egomaniac
• hints of violence

Question 8

initially, jack is presented… (ch.1,3 and 4)

Answer 8

through appearance

Question 9

finish the quote: ‘his cap badge…

Answer 9

…was golden’

Question 10

‘his cap badge was golden’

Answer 10

• presented as superior in the hierarchy
• higher class than other boys
• ‘gold’ - high rank - powerful before he even set foot on the island

Question 11

start the quote: …and ugly without silliness’

Answer 11

‘his face was crumpled and freckled…

Question 12

‘his face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness’

Answer 12

• jack described as the contrast of ralph
• instead of being handsome with fair hair, he’s ugly with a crumpled face and freckles
• used to reflect his ugly nature

Question 13

finish the quote: ‘except for a pair of tattered shorts held up…

Answer 13

…by his knife belt he was naked’

Question 14

‘except for a pair of tattered shorts held up by his knife belt he was naked’

Answer 14

• the clean, formal appearance of jack and his uniform as head of the choir has been replaced with a disturbingly savage, almost animalistic appearance
• belt isn’t part of uniform anymore, but a tool to help him with his violent, destructive hunting
• losing his old public-schoolboy identity

Question 15

finish the quote: ‘ he looked in astonishment…

Answer 15

….no longer at himself, but at an awesome stranger’

Question 16

‘he looked in astonishment, no longer at himself, but at an awesome stranger’

Answer 16

-‘dazzle paint’ ‘like in the war’
- losing his identity further and further
- no longer restricted by humanity - feel at liberty of doing whatever he wants without taking responsibility

Question 17

initially, jack is presented.. (ch.1+2)

Answer 17

through his ambition for power

Question 18

finish the quote: ‘“I ought to be chief” said jack with simple arrogance….

Answer 18

“because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp”’

Question 19

“I ought to be chief”, said jack with simple arrogance, “because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp”

Answer 19

• presented as an egomaniac
• seeks power, not leadership like ralph
• doesn’t care about group’s opinions
• brings up useless skills to impress others and prove he’s superior and better than the others

Question 20

finish the quote: ‘jack’s face…

Answer 20

…disappeared under a blush of mortification’

Question 21

‘jack’s face disappeared under a blush of mortification’

Answer 21

• jealous at ralph’s authority
• embarrassed he didn’t get elected as chief

Question 22

finish the quote: ‘if there was a snake..

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…we’d hunt it and kill it’

Question 23

‘if there was a snake, we’d hunt it and kill it’

Answer 23

• manipulates the boys’ fear and uses it to his advantage to increase his power and the need for him
• uses the fear of the beast to control them
• like Hitler with communism
• political allegory

Question 24

over the course of the novel, jack is presented…

Answer 24

…as a bully/mean

Question 25

finish the quote: 'a lot of... (ch.5)

Answer 25

...cry-babies and sissies'

Question 26

start the quote: ...you useless lot of cry-babies!'

Answer 26

'serve you right if something did get you...

Question 27

finish the quote: 'contempt..

Answer 27

....in his voice'

Question 28

finish the quote: 'shrank away...

Answer 28

...defenceless'

Question 29

finish the quote: 'you shut up...

Answer 29

...you fat slug!'

Question 30

over the course of the novel, jack is presented... (ch.5,6,8+8)

Answer 30

as undermining ralph's authority

Question 31

finish the quote: 'you can't hunt...

Answer 31

...you can't sing'

Question 32

'you can't hunt, you can't sing'

Answer 32

- questioning ralph's authority - egomaniac - thinks that he is the ideal leader

Question 33

finish the quote: 'the supreme sting..

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...the casual bitter word'

Question 34

'the supreme sting, the casual bitter word'

Answer 34

- power struggle - jack undermining ralph's power

Question 35

finish the quote: 'he just gives orders...

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...and expects people to obey for nothing'

Question 36

throughout the course of the novel, jack is presented.. (ch.5,6,7+8)

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...through his rejection of civilisation and democracy

Question 37

finish the quote: 'bollocks..

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...to the rules!'

Question 38

'bollocks to the rules'

Answer 38

- presented as savage - lost civilisation

Question 39

finish the quote: 'it's time people knew they've got to...

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...keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us'

Question 40

finish the quote: 'we don't...

Answer 40

...need the conch anymore'

Question 41

finish the quote: 'remained..

Answer 41

...standing'

Question 42

finish the quote: 'he laid the conch with great care...

Answer 42

....in the grass at his feet'

Question 43

'he laid the conch with great care in the grass at his feet'

Answer 43

- after trying to gain power through democracy - 'hands up', he rejects democracy, law and order and isn't 'going to play any longer' - moves onto dictatorship and savagery to gain power

Question 44

finish the quote: 'wore the damp darkness of the forest...

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....like his old clothes'

Question 45

'wore the damp darkness of the forest like his old clothes'

Answer 45

- simile - replaced civilisation with savagery

Question 46

throughout the course of the novel, jack is presented... (ch.8)

Answer 46

through his growing sadism when killing the mother sow

Question 47

finish the quote: 'wedded to her...

Answer 47

..in lust'

Question 48

finish the quote: 'hurled..

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..themselves at her'

Question 49

finish the quote: 'stabbing...

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...downward with his knife'

Question 50

finish the quote: 'he giggled and flicked them..

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...while the boys laughed at his reeking palms'

Question 51

finish the quote: 'the boys...

Answer 51

...cried with laughter'

Question 52

throughout the end of the novel, jack is presented... (ch.11,12)

Answer 52

through Goldings' use of the phrase 'the chief' instead of jack's name by the end of chapter 11

Question 53

'the chief'

Answer 53

- has completely lost his old identity as jack merridew, choirboy and is now a nameless chief of a tribe of nameless savages

Question 54

throughout the end of the novel, jack is presented.. (chapter 11,12)

Answer 54

- through the setting of castle rock - 'high above'

Question 55

finish the quote: 'a log had been jammed under the..

Answer 55

...topmost rock and another lever under that'

Question 56

throughout the end of the novel, jack is presented.. (ch.11+12)

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as merciless through the deliberate death of piggy and through his abuse of power

Question 57

finish the quote: 'they do..

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...what I want'

Question 58

finish the quote: 'I meant...

Answer 58

...that!'

Question 59

finish the quote: 'viciously, with full intention...

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...he hurled his spear at ralph'