lord of the flies (jack+savagery)

Question 1

this quote suggests and questions the leader ship of ralph due to jack being the most confident however this could show that he shows he’s a leader but isn’t actually

Answer 1

the most obvious leader was jack

Question 2

this quote shows that jack and ralph’s relationship is closer due to the fact that they have the same traumatic thing happen to them on the island

Answer 2

and they grinned at eachother, sharing this burden

Question 3

in this quote it suggests that jack is still civilised and he can’t kill a pig due to his upbringing

Answer 3

the enormity of the knife

Question 4

this quote suggests that he’s losing this sight of civilisation but still doesn’t have the guts to kill the pig but states he would do it another time in the near future

Answer 4

before i could kill it- but- next time

Question 5

this quote suggests that jack still has touch with civilisation as he wants to keep to order, but then the last sentence is about ominous and would leave the reader to their own imagination to figure out what goulding meant

Answer 5

lots of rules! and then when anyone breaks them

Question 6

this shows he wants to protect the people in his “tribe” but also doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty by killing it. this could also suggest that he doesn’t believe in the beast because he thinks that he is more omnipotent than the beast

Answer 6

if their was a snake we would kill it

Question 7

this shows he still has pride in his own nationality but could ask so be a form of foreshadowing

Answer 7

we’re not savages, we’re the english; and the english are the best at everything

Question 8

this quote shows that jack has slowly descended into savagery and has seen his power and has decided to take advantage of that and the other people

Answer 8

the knowledge and awe made him savage

Question 9

this shows that he has a craving to eat meat/ proper food again and that it is almost controlling jim’s

Answer 9

seductive, maddening- the promise of meat

Question 10

this shows that as soon as they have a cover over their faces they have a disguise and have a new unfounded confidence in which they feel like they can be “leaders”

Answer 10

the mask compelled them

Question 11

this shows jack decides he doesn’t like the way he looks/ doesn’t like that he doesn’t have confidence so to help that he constructed a whole new face

Answer 11

jack planned his new face

Question 12

jack is a … of ralph

Answer 12

antithesis

Question 13

jack at the start portrays ideas of

Answer 13

order and sticking to the school rules

Question 14

jack becomes obsessed with … and craves …

Answer 14

hunting

bloodlust

Question 15

the more savage he gets the more…

Answer 15

control he has over the group

Question 16

this quote suggests that he cares about simon but not so much piggy and ensuring that simon gets food when he doesn’t care if piggy starves

Answer 16

eat damn you

Question 17

this quote shows jack has lost his sense of sticking to the rules and wants to be leader due to his crippling insecurity about ralph being better than himself

Answer 17

bollocks to the rules