Jack In William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

The darkness in the hearts of man causes barriers to form between them. In Lord of the Flies the loss of civilized order speeds up the regression of human morals, and, in turn, the darkness in the hearts of men is allowed to spread. The regression causes tensions to form between order and disorder, and at the forefront of the disorder is Jack. Allegorically, Jack represents the id, making him the natural antagonist of the novel.
Jack represents the part of the id that controls our emotions. Jack’s emotions tend to revolve around anger and pride. The similarities between Jack and this part of the id can be seen in his, “...two light blue eyes… ready to turn, to anger” (20). Jack’s rage grows even more when people mock him, as seen in the “...bolting look…” that appears in his eyes when people hurt his pride (71). His pride and frustration cause “...his rage [to become] elemental…” even leading him to violence (74). After Jack first became “able… to hit someone…” he became steadily more violent, until he craved the feeling of it (71). The more that people

Jack’s intense desire to kill a pig clearly reflects this side of the id. Despite the fact that the fire on the mountain is paramount to their rescue, Jack forsakes his duty and instead follows his yearning for the pig and its meat, claiming that he needed the fire watchers “...in the hunt,”(70). Instead of feeling remorse for letting the fire go out, Jack gets, “...vaguely irritated by [its] irrelevance…” (69). Jack’s whims steadily become more chaotic as his rationale goes out the window, challenging Ralph’s authority and sowing disarray among the boys. His responses to Ralph’s authority become more covered in “rising antagonism,” and “brooding” which only spurs further discourse in the group (118). Jack’s main focus is on the things he deems significant, so when something insignificant gets in the way, he becomes