It has been approximately one year since the boys got off the island. Ralph along with the other boys, went back to their normal routines. They all gained back weight instead of looking like sticks, they are now healthy. The boys cut their hair and polished up and went on with their lives like nothing happened. It appeared that since Jack has been no longer after human flesh, they lost contact with him. Why? Jack Merridew was in a mental hospital since they got rescued. Jack shaved his head, would not eat anything, and talked to himself.
“Murderer. Murderer. Murderer.” He would hear in his mind.
Ever since Jack stepped onto the ginormous ship to go back home, he flashed back to reality. As soon as he stepped into his household, he lost it,
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Geller was writing all of this down on his clipboard. Jack started remembering life on the island that he set up in flames trying to kill Ralph. Jack has been jealous of Ralph, he seemed smarter and wiser. Jack has been just in it for the kill. He liked hunting, down moving objects-human or animal. Ralph would not even hurt a fly-except for that night. The night they killed, what they thought, was the beast.
“Jack you-” Dr. Geller turned around as soon as he heard the heavy, squeaky, metal door with bars to Jack’s room open.
“Doctor, there is a Ralph here to see you and Jack.” Jack was frozen. He could not move ever since the lady in blue announced Ralph was here. Dr. Geller nodded his head and let Ralph talk to Jack, which he planned ahead of time.
“If you will not tell me what happened on that island, talk to him.” Dr. Geller closed the door as soon as Ralph walked in.
“Hello, Jack.” Jack slowly turned around and looked at his old nemesis. Ralph got a lot taller, gained the correct weight back and his blonde hair was no longer disgustingly filthy. His hair was shaggy and clean, his uniform from school was new and brushed off. His shoes were brand new too. Ralph would not look at Jack, he did not want to look the person who tried to kill him in the
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“I hurt you. I try to kill you. I kill Simon. I not like that, Ralph.” Ralph looked at Jack and just shook his head.
“Yes, you did Jack. You wanted to hurt me and all the others that were not on your side. But, that is okay. You know why?” Jack shook his head and looked at Ralph.
“Because you are not worth my or anyone else’s time. You might have been the king in your eyes on the island, but you will never be a good person.” Jack felt a pain in his chest again, he knew this was true. He used to be a good person up to the island. He somehow changed and not for the better. Ralph could not look at Jack anymore, he got up and told Dr. Geller to come back in.
“Okay, Jack I am sorry you had to hear that. You are just a kid who made a stupid mistake.” Right then and there Jack felt hurt-he wanted to do something. He was no longer good boy Jack he changed, he wanted to kill Ralph like back on the island. Jack was wearing a devilish grin and turned to face Dr. Geller.
“That is okay doctor. And you know why,” Jack had a malevolent laugh. “Because I will always be the chief who enjoys hunting.” Silly doctor, he left the door open. Right before Dr. Geller’s eyes, Jack ran out and screamed at the top of his
What was wrong with Ralph too was that jack ignores everything and try’s to do his own thing the whole time instead of working together with everyone. All Jack wants is his
...r hand, Jack attempts to murder Ralph because Jack has become so savage-like. Jacks plan to kill Ralph is to set the entire island on fire. Unfortunately, for Jack, Sam and Eric tell Ralph what is going to happen to him before it happens. Ralph escapes the fire unharmed. This is how Jack’s violence shows he is a dynamic character in the beginning of the novel.
He is skinny and has red hair. He is also wearing a black cap. He has freckles, a crumpled up face and his eyes are light blue. Jack does not seem pleasant, but like Ralph he seems to have the role of a leader. From the start Ralph and Jack get on very well.
“I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you.” (127). Jack leaves Ralph’s tribe because Ralph is a coward and he makes the rules. Jack’s leadership qualities comes back with a force and he makes his own tribe. Jack does like anyone telling him what to do and he is frustrated because of Ralph taking over him. Another reason to make his own tribe is that Ralph does not appreciate Jack hunting and he accuses him to let the fire out. His leadership skills become stronger but in a negative way. His behavior has changed because of hunting and by spending time on the island. Jack has become a sociopath. Even his hunting style has become more violent. After hunting a sow, he tortures the pig physically until the pig has a painful death. He also cuts the throat of the pig and places the head on the stick as a sacrifice. This action shows psychopathic tendency and how he was not able to kill the pig in his first attempt in hunting and now he abuses the pig and sacrifices the head. “He squirmed and looked down.”(160). When Stanley, a member of Jack’s tribe asks Jack about the death of Simon, Jack replies him by nervously saying no. This response by Jack portrays that Jack is trying to tell himself that he his not responsible for his own actions. During Simon’s murder, Jack was wearing a mask on his face and that makes him not responsible for Simon’s murder. During the end of the novel, Jack starts wearing his mask all the time because he does not want to be responsible for his own actions. ““He’s going to beat Wilfred.” “what for?” Robert shook his head doubtfully. “I don’t know. He didn’t say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up. He’s been”-he giggled excitedly-”he’s been tied for hours, waiting-”” (159). This quote from the novel clearly shows how Jack has been treating his tribe members. He is beating them for no reason by tieing them up for hours. Jack shows no emotion and he has become cold blooded. The
As Ralph is trying to hide from them overnight, he wonders, “Might it not be possible to walk boldly into the fort… pretend they were still boys, schoolboys who had said, ‘Sir, yes, sir’- and worn caps? Daylight might have answered yes; but darkness and the horrors of death said no” (186). No matter how hard Ralph tries, he cannot discard his new knowledge of Jack and his tribe’s potential for evil and corruption. For a long time Ralph seems to be in denial; like many others, he seems to want to stay true to his belief in the overall goodness of the human heart. Ralph’s expectations for human kindness are finally challenged to the point of irreversibility when Jack attacks him and tries to pursue him on a vicious manhunt. When Ralph collapses on the beach and a naval officer arrives, “With filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, [and] the darkness of man’s heart...” (202). One might think it strange that rather than rejoicing over rescue, Ralph and the rest of the boys cry out in grief. The young schoolboys come to understand the enormity of human greed and evil, and unfortunately it is a lesson that they will not be able to ignore or forget. They witness and play a role in their own loss of innocence, and the time they spend on the island teaches them what
Ralph’s head pounded lightly, and he rubbed at his eyes. He hadn’t gotten much sleep since he was rescued. How could he in such a cold, uncomforting place?
Jack decides to set fire to the island to force Ralph out of hiding. Jack was the perpetrator of all three deaths that happened on the island. He systematically removes forces opposing him. Ralph realizes that man is not a kind creature by nature.
In the novel, Jack began as a confident, adventuresome young boy, but as time progressed, he sunk to a level of savagery where he could hardly be considered human. The excitement was fresh on the first day when Jack, Ralph and Simon went out
Ralph’s power at the beginning is secure but as the group succumbs to their savage instincts, Ralph’s influence declines as Jack’s rises. This is due mainly to the cruelty and violence that goes on in the story. This cruelty reveals that Ralph’s commitment to civilization and being rescued is so strong that he will not allow himself to change his morals and become cruel like the others. The cruelty in this novel also shows that Ralph is a very intelligent character. His intelligence can be proven because there was a point in the novel when he hunts a boar for the first time and he experiences the thrill of bloodlust. He also attends one of Jack’s feast where he is swept away by the frenzy and participates in the killing of Simon. This is a very tragic moment for Ralph because this is when he realizes the evil that lives within himself and every human being. It is the cruel acts that happen in this novel that reveals Ralph’s character of being intelligent and being able to think deeply about human experiences. He even weeps when getting saved because of his knowledge about the human capacity for
Ralph shows what the boys need by the way he handles the then. Jack considers the boys lower to him, meanwhile, Ralph treats...
...and eventually hunts Ralph. This demonstrates the demise of innocence of Jack and his insanity begins to show as he kills the pig and dances around in a sort of victory dance. He no longer has any feelings for killing creatures. As he becomes more deranged, he becomes obsessed with blood. “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in.”(Golding 75). He constantly reenacts the scene. This madness takes over and Jack is no longer the innocent youth that he used to be.
He has a better understanding of the boys. He also has more common sense and treats the boys better than Jack. Ralph shows that he has a better understanding of the boys than Jack. He knows that the boys need some sort of order on the island in order for them to survive. He starts with a simple form of government and sets a few rules for it.
When it comes to Jack’s fear of not being chief, it brings out the worst in him and it has an effect on others. For instance, when the boys are deciding on who should be the chief, Ralph wins by a landslide. “Even the choir applauded; and the freckles on Jack’s face disappeared under a blush of mortification” (Golding 19). That is the first physical evidence of Jack being humiliated by Ralph and judging by Jack’s personality, he is not used to failure so it has a big impact on him. This motivates him to destroy Ralph and the rivalry between the two begins. Another point is that Jack uses fear and threats to control the boys. For example, when Robert tells Roger “’He’s going to beat Wilfred.’ ‘What for?’ Robert shook his head doubtfully” (Golding 176) it shows that Jack is violent and is using his...
Just prior the Jack leaving the group he states, “I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you” (Golding 75). Jack finds it a necessity to be leader. The fear of the beast becoming more of a threat leads jack to betraying all loyalty he has to Ralph by putting his personal needs like being leader and fear of the beast first. During Ralph’s visit to Castle Rock samneric say, “They hate you Ralph.
* Jack did not have the integrity to keep the Beast at bay. It slowly crept into him and later took full control once he put on the painted mask. He is the perpetrator of the two deaths that occur on the island and wishes to spend his time hunting (killing) instead of helping Ralph with being rescued.