The Caged Bloodlust Quotes

Through the hardships the boys face, Jack’s inner primitive self emerges due to the constant battle with the unknown fear of the beast. The painted mask that Jack doges, truly represent his turn into savagery and introduce this new identity of bloodlust and violence, “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling….and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” (66). This shows that due to his obsession of bloodlust and craving for violence when caged in the island, Jack reverted back to his primitive self and his mind is still stuck in Id. He is extremely irrational in his decision as he blinded by his savage instincts of want, want and want. He puts on this mask to free himself from the burden of forced civility and shame to prevent himself to become guilty for his deeds. …show more content…
Furthermore, he completely goes against his own words of rules and orders and flows along the path of misdeeds and violence when the devilry of the beast launches its power through fear, he sternly says, “Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong—we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat—!” (99) As expected, he is the first one to break the rules and criticize them after his success of hunting to show the superiority of savagery over civility which adds additional layer of pride …show more content…
The way to deal with these various from person to person. Although a person might be civilized through morals, values and beliefs, only their true identity survives when tested. In Lord of the Flies, Golding does a great job to show a person can’t hide their true identity for too long, particularly in difficult time, through the character Jack and