The boys’ collective reactions show various aspects and serves as a representation of a higher theme in the novel. Each character is acting divergent on the abandoned island, some are evening transforming into a new character. There is even a diverse in Golding’s diction in the end. In Lord of the Flies, Jack is a thoroughly different person, masked, and frankly rules everyone. His savage personality leads to him having the ability to control others on the island, even killing others. But, once Jack is in the presence of the naval officer, he goes from being “a bloodthirsty snarling” to “[a] little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair and who carried the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist” (
