Summary Of Lord Of The Flies Chapter 2

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Jack, on of the main characters, and Ralph’s enemy, is turning into a savage in this chapter because he killed a pig instead of keeping the signal fire going. The transition from civilized human to savage beast started to happened when a ship was passing the island where the boys were stranded because of their plane crash. As the ship was passing by, Jack and his group of hunters gathered together and decided to hunt a pig instead. Therefore, Jack caused a distraction so the group can stay on the Island a bit longer. In addition, Jack made everyone one of the group to color their faces to mimic the tribal hunter and gatherers. When the group returned to the fire site, all Jack talked about was describing the details of killing a pig. He went

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