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Jack (Ease of murder (At the beginning of the novel, Jack tries to murder…
Jack
Ease of murder
At the beginning of the novel, Jack tries to murder a pig, but finds he can't; because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood - shows at this point he understands the implications of taking a life; contrasts to eventually there was lashings of blood, said Jack, laughing and shuddering - less affected by it now
Eventually, his hunger to hunt and kill something overwhelms him; he tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up - 'compulsion' emphasises the desperation he feels, and the choice of the word kill instead of hunt shows his motivations; he doesn't want to do it for the meat, he wants to kill alicing thing
The hunters' motivations are described; they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink - shows their savage instincts; its not for meat, its to feel power over something else
Motivations for murder
Jack doesn't hunt for meat, or for the sadistic feeling of seeing a living being in pain; he does it to feel power over another living being; contrasts to Roger, who does it purely for his own pleasure
This is also shown when he attempts to murder Ralph; it is only because he stands in the way of his authority, in the way of his power
Also shown through his torturing people when he is chief - it's to assert his power and show people what happens if they disobey him; the fact that he does not do it himself is significant as he does not just enjoy the feeling of it
Relationship with conch
At the beginning, he wants democracy and rules, but not to keep the order; he wants them so that they can be broken and those who break them can be punished; Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks 'em-; shows how he doesn't really believe in democracy from the beginning - his motivations are corrupt
He kind of respects the conch's power, however he starts to make up rules that it doesn't apply in certain places eg the conch doesn't count on top of the mountain... so you shut up - he doesn't believe in the power of it because he doesn't value it; shows his early attempts to undermine democratic attempts
After his challenge of Ralph's leadership, he laid the conch with great care in the grass at his feet - he realises the power of the conch because he has just lost to it; by not winning the leadership challenge, his power has been undermined by that of the conch and of Ralph
Beast
Jack doesn't really believe in the beast initially, but quickly realises its potential to exert the power of him and his hunters; if there's a beast, we'll hunt it down; my hunters will protect you from the beast
Within Jack's regime, he exploits the boys' fear of the beast to manipulate them and keep them under control; How could we—kill—it?
Arguably, Jack is dependent on the beast for his power, just as Ralph is dependent on the conch for his power
Appearance
his hair was red beneath the black cap - links him to Judas the betrayer in the Bible - shows how he is eventually going to break away from the group to pursue evil, and will turn on his old leader
(his face) was turning, or ready to turn, to anger - contrasts with Ralph's positive fair boy appearance
Roger
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He becomes the one that the boys most fear - is he perhaps then more powerful than Jack? you don't know Roger. He's a terror