Humans constantly change, develop, and adapt, because people try to do what they think the world will approve of in order to escape judgement. Society holds individuals accountable to a set of standards. However, without rules and regulations, the structure the world has tried to preserve would vanish and people’s true instincts would show. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding depicts Jack’s transformation from a civilized schoolboy to a violent monster to argue that all humans are savages, but they are hidden behind rules and social norms.
In the beginning, Jack is the leader of the choir and he is the one who keeps the order and enforces the rules throughout his group. When Jack first appears in the story, he struts across the …show more content…
When Jack and his choir first set out to hunt for pigs, Jack is not able to “even strike a blow at the animal” (Henningfeld). All his life Jack has been taught to never harm another living thing and the command is drilled into his mind to the point where he can not even kill a pig if his life depends on it. When faced with the challenge of killing a pig, he is unable to do it because of his old virtuous lifestyle. As Jack spends more time away from his systematic home he becomes acquainted with his instinct to kill. When Simon comes down the hill to announce his discovery regarding the beast Jack orders his tribe to attack. The tribe attacks until the very last breath has left Simon’s body and the only movement is “the tearing of teeth and claws” (Golding 153). Jack and his tribe butcher Simon with their bare hands until his heartbeat fades. Simon’s death breaks down every last wall that civilization has built up. By the end of the book, Jack finds it completely acceptable to kill anyone who gets in his way. A group of once civilized boys massacres an innocent christ-like child, and Jack is the leader of the slaughter. Jack goes from not even being able to kill a pig to murdering the boys who were once his
In the beginning, Jack is the leader of the choir and he is the one who keeps the order and enforces the rules throughout his group. When Jack first appears in the story, he struts across the …show more content…
When Jack and his choir first set out to hunt for pigs, Jack is not able to “even strike a blow at the animal” (Henningfeld). All his life Jack has been taught to never harm another living thing and the command is drilled into his mind to the point where he can not even kill a pig if his life depends on it. When faced with the challenge of killing a pig, he is unable to do it because of his old virtuous lifestyle. As Jack spends more time away from his systematic home he becomes acquainted with his instinct to kill. When Simon comes down the hill to announce his discovery regarding the beast Jack orders his tribe to attack. The tribe attacks until the very last breath has left Simon’s body and the only movement is “the tearing of teeth and claws” (Golding 153). Jack and his tribe butcher Simon with their bare hands until his heartbeat fades. Simon’s death breaks down every last wall that civilization has built up. By the end of the book, Jack finds it completely acceptable to kill anyone who gets in his way. A group of once civilized boys massacres an innocent christ-like child, and Jack is the leader of the slaughter. Jack goes from not even being able to kill a pig to murdering the boys who were once his