Jack has just painted his face like hunters and soldiers do to camouflage who they really are. After Jack finishes painting his face, Ralph takes the other boys to go boar hunting.
This quote from the book gives an example of the loss of civilized behavior in the boys as they break into savagery. At first, this loss of civilized behavior is intended to be for the assurance of their survival, but it all soon becomes muddled and just an excuse to wreak havoc and kill one another. Jack is the leader of the group of hunters whose purpose was to provide meat for the rest of the boys, but soon the satisfaction of the violence they practiced on the animals took hold of them and turned them towards savagery. This moment shows character development
This quote from the book gives an example of the loss of civilized behavior in the boys as they break into savagery. At first, this loss of civilized behavior is intended to be for the assurance of their survival, but it all soon becomes muddled and just an excuse to wreak havoc and kill one another. Jack is the leader of the group of hunters whose purpose was to provide meat for the rest of the boys, but soon the satisfaction of the violence they practiced on the animals took hold of them and turned them towards savagery. This moment shows character development