The decadence of the way the life is very subjective and clear through the masks. When one of the boys puts on a clay mask which was painted on the hunters particularly Ralph appear to have a new character and nature behind the mask. When the book progresses most of the boys forget the social convention of society that used to control them from reacting from their impulses. Furthermore, when Jack paints his face he became a violent. "He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling. He capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing of its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness" (Golding, 64). As a result, Jack would not have acted like that if he was not stranded on an island. For this reason,
