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He takes his hunters out and they find a group of pigs in a clearing. Out of all the pigs there, Jack chooses the one that has piglets nursing off of her. They all chase after her in a frenzy, shooting spears at the sow and yelling like savages. When they catch up to the sow all the boys start jabbing her with spears. Jack repeatedly jabs her wherever he sees flesh, inflicting as much pain as possible on the sow before cutting the throat and ending her misery. He then cuts off the sow’s head and places it on a double ended stick in the ground, as an offering for the Beast. This sacrifice is a barbaric ritual that shows that Jack has lost most of his sense of civilization. They then take the pig down for the
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He’s sitting in a spot above the others. He decides who gets meat, when, and how long they’re going to have to eat. After they are finished eating a storm starts to roll through and Jack gives the command: “Do our dance! Come on! Dance!” (151). His tribe starts to dance and say the chant faster and faster, until they feel the need to kill something, or someone. At that moment Simon staggers through the trees and Jack and his tribe attack him. Simon dies that night because Jack has lost all traces of …show more content…
He decides to hunt Ralph and kill him, partly to show his power and partly for the sport of it. At first Jack has his tribe throw rocks at the pace where Ralph’s hiding, trying to crush him. When Ralph escapes, he orders them to light the forest on fire and pursue Ralph. Jack uses a crude system of calls to communicate. He has complete power over the tribe, bending them to his will. He’s become a dictator, savage and brutal. Rules no longer apply to Jack because he’s forgotten the society he comes from. All he cares about now is killing Ralph to take revenge. In his mind, killing is a totally acceptable thing to do. Jack has lost all reason. His plan to kill Jack fails though, when an unexpected rescuer shows up. It is unknown if Jack ever regains his civilized self. It seems unlikely though, given how he is at this
He’s sitting in a spot above the others. He decides who gets meat, when, and how long they’re going to have to eat. After they are finished eating a storm starts to roll through and Jack gives the command: “Do our dance! Come on! Dance!” (151). His tribe starts to dance and say the chant faster and faster, until they feel the need to kill something, or someone. At that moment Simon staggers through the trees and Jack and his tribe attack him. Simon dies that night because Jack has lost all traces of …show more content…
He decides to hunt Ralph and kill him, partly to show his power and partly for the sport of it. At first Jack has his tribe throw rocks at the pace where Ralph’s hiding, trying to crush him. When Ralph escapes, he orders them to light the forest on fire and pursue Ralph. Jack uses a crude system of calls to communicate. He has complete power over the tribe, bending them to his will. He’s become a dictator, savage and brutal. Rules no longer apply to Jack because he’s forgotten the society he comes from. All he cares about now is killing Ralph to take revenge. In his mind, killing is a totally acceptable thing to do. Jack has lost all reason. His plan to kill Jack fails though, when an unexpected rescuer shows up. It is unknown if Jack ever regains his civilized self. It seems unlikely though, given how he is at this