“They don't smell me. They see me, I think…” (57) The following quote is told by Jack. He expresses that the wild pigs don’t smell him but rather see him visually. The mask signifies a shield of innocence through a person. Jack wants to assassinate a wild pig on the island. While developing his savage ways, the mask is supposed to be a barrier between savagery and innocence. Putting on the mask makes Jack more comfortable with killing the pig because it seems like it's not him that is killing the creature, it’s the mask itself. “The mask compelled them’ (58). “Jack planned his face, He made one cheek and one eye-socket white, then he rubbed red over the other half of his face…” (58). The new persona or face is the one doing the deed… not the boys. The characters put on this face (bravery) to exterminate the pig when behind the mask is innocence and possibly
“They don't smell me. They see me, I think…” (57) The following quote is told by Jack. He expresses that the wild pigs don’t smell him but rather see him visually. The mask signifies a shield of innocence through a person. Jack wants to assassinate a wild pig on the island. While developing his savage ways, the mask is supposed to be a barrier between savagery and innocence. Putting on the mask makes Jack more comfortable with killing the pig because it seems like it's not him that is killing the creature, it’s the mask itself. “The mask compelled them’ (58). “Jack planned his face, He made one cheek and one eye-socket white, then he rubbed red over the other half of his face…” (58). The new persona or face is the one doing the deed… not the boys. The characters put on this face (bravery) to exterminate the pig when behind the mask is innocence and possibly