LOTF Literary Analysis
In the “Lord of The Flies” by William Golding, a young boy named Jack Merridew dramatically changed throughout the course of the novel. In the beginning of the story Jack was a choir boy who seemed very proper and polite. But in this story looks were deceiving. He may have acted proper and well-behaved But his lack of really “living” as a young boy he never got a chance to be rambunctious. It ended up with him being greatly impacted by the elements in the story such as the role of the beastie and the self-conflict within himself to hunt. Thus resulting with him dramatically changing into a spiteful savage.
During the story the the role of society has resulted in Jacks urge to be prominent and to be respected by the …show more content…
Jack saw himself as a cunning leader… But the boys thought otherwise. Jack and his lack of knowledge of the boys not wanting him to be voted leader ended up with Jack getting embarrassed twice. He then snapped like a misbehaving child. In the text the author wrote “Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief?” He looked expectantly at the boys ranged around, who had frozen. Under the palms there was deadly silence.“Hands up?” said Jack strongly, “whoever wants Ralph not to be chief?” The silence continued, breathless and heavy and full of shame.” (Pg 127) This shows his mortification and humiliation. Thus resulting with Jack snapping, Him being ashamed and him being covetous that he isn’t leader ended up with him trying to murder Ralph. In chapter 2 pg Jack states "After all, we're not savages. We're English; and the English are best at everything. So we've got to do the right things." The author’s use of dramatic irony shows the drastic change of Jack. It shows him talking about how they need rules because they are not savages. It was a good idea they didn’t choose Jack as leader. It is ironical because in the end of the story ralph became a savage even though he was the one to suggest they are not savages. Ultimately the role of leadership directly impacted Jack’s emotions and his
In the “Lord of The Flies” by William Golding, a young boy named Jack Merridew dramatically changed throughout the course of the novel. In the beginning of the story Jack was a choir boy who seemed very proper and polite. But in this story looks were deceiving. He may have acted proper and well-behaved But his lack of really “living” as a young boy he never got a chance to be rambunctious. It ended up with him being greatly impacted by the elements in the story such as the role of the beastie and the self-conflict within himself to hunt. Thus resulting with him dramatically changing into a spiteful savage.
During the story the the role of society has resulted in Jacks urge to be prominent and to be respected by the …show more content…
Jack saw himself as a cunning leader… But the boys thought otherwise. Jack and his lack of knowledge of the boys not wanting him to be voted leader ended up with Jack getting embarrassed twice. He then snapped like a misbehaving child. In the text the author wrote “Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief?” He looked expectantly at the boys ranged around, who had frozen. Under the palms there was deadly silence.“Hands up?” said Jack strongly, “whoever wants Ralph not to be chief?” The silence continued, breathless and heavy and full of shame.” (Pg 127) This shows his mortification and humiliation. Thus resulting with Jack snapping, Him being ashamed and him being covetous that he isn’t leader ended up with him trying to murder Ralph. In chapter 2 pg Jack states "After all, we're not savages. We're English; and the English are best at everything. So we've got to do the right things." The author’s use of dramatic irony shows the drastic change of Jack. It shows him talking about how they need rules because they are not savages. It was a good idea they didn’t choose Jack as leader. It is ironical because in the end of the story ralph became a savage even though he was the one to suggest they are not savages. Ultimately the role of leadership directly impacted Jack’s emotions and his