Jack Merridew was the malicious and mean “bully” of the story. When Jack wasn’t chosen as captain he changed in many ways. Jack stopped listening to Ralph, became obsessed with hunting, became interested in wearing masks, began killing humans, and destroying the civilization of the boys. He was a bad influence on the rest of the boys. Jack stopped obeying Ralph when he didn’t win as captain. Jack was so flustered that he didn’t want Ralph to be the boss of him. He says, “I’m going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone else who wants to hunt can come to,” when everybody still wants Ralph as captain. In this case, this made Jack negative because it caused the group of boys to not be together anymore. Jack became
