Jacks Power in Lord of the Flies Essay -- Lord of the Flies William G

laborers Power in Lord of the FliesAt the blood we see squatting as a well-dressed choir leader, to each one boy wore a square black cap with a currency badge in it. suggestingthat he is civilised. We see besides from this first post that he isintroduced, that he has a slightly mean saloon in him as he gives anorder to the other choir boys to stand still, make up though the heatis far too much for them. They are in fear of him as they obey hisorder. The boys also did as goose utter when they raised their handswith dreary obedience to vote him for chief.This mean streak also occurs when he is constantly dismissing Piggyand telling him to shut up.When Ralph brings in rules about the conch and shelters Jack becomesdefiant and would much rather be exploring or hunting. Ralph and Jackhave some confrontation about the shelters and also about the rulewith the conch as Jack broke out of his revolution and stood facingRalph. Jack thinks that the conch rule is a silly rule and when Ralphtells Jack that he is breaking the rules he simply replies with whocares? or sod youJack is also unsympathetic towards the littluns and refers to them asa useless lot of cry-babies.Jack becomes barefaced and some of the other boys respect him as a sincerehunter because he has been everywhere. The other boys also thinkthat he is more fun because he just hunts and doesnt care about on the wholethe rules. The first instance when we see Jack becoming savage is whenhe paints his face as a disguise like moths on a tree trunk andstarts wearing few clothes unlike the boy with the square black capthat we were introduced to at the start. When Jack becomes disguisedhe intrigues the other boys because he starts... ...Ralph has no one leftthey nearly land him too, except that they are reclaimed.Jacks rise to power meant that he became the most fearless andfearsome character. The boys respected him for his hunting, but afterthe death of Simon he became yet more feared by Ralph and P iggy.The resentment for Ralph that Jack carried from near enough thebeginning was the fuel for Ralphs attempted death. Jacks power wentstraight to his head and the tribe became on the whole uncivilised andout of control. There were no rules and the boys did as they pleasedand completely though they enjoyed themselves we are left wondering whatwould have happened if the boys were not rescued when they were. Ithink we can say that Ralph would have been killed but would advertizeseparation have been on the cards? I think that perhaps Roger may havewanted more power if given the chance.