William Golding's Lord Of The Flies: Character Analysis

Humans are supposed to be good, but are essentially evil. Each person is naturally born with two aspects: one is good and the other is the complete opposite, evil. In the story Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys, who are ages six to thirteen-years-old plane, are shot down and left by themselves on an island and are fighting for survival. The boys are supposed to be good, but they are ultimately evil due to their circumstances and savagery which caused the boy's actions to turn evil

Ever since they landed on the island jack has always wanted to be the dictator of the group. Despite Jack's annoyance at not being voted as leader, he sets about using his skills to outdo Ralph. He's made various attempts to make Ralph look bad. Jack tries to impeach Ralph as the leader. For instance, Jack says "And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't sing.” Since Jack loves hunting, he tries to make Ralph look bad because he doesn't hunt. Jack tries to make all the boys turn on Ralph. In addition He also makes decisions in spite of himself rather than the group He frequently gets rid of the power of the conch saying that the conch doesn't matter. The conch is a symbol of structure and when the conch is broken their structure is broken. Though he uses the conch to benefit himself when he calls the meeting to impeach Ralph. Ralph yells “you're breaking the rules” while Jack yells back “who cares?.” Furthermore Jack led the slaughter of the pig. Chanting “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood” the boys from the hunters went and killed the pig and let the fire go out. Jack could care less about letting the fire go out and just wanted the thrill of hunting and savagery. Jack has become obsessed with hunting, which is therefore all he wants to do. He doesn't care about being rescued. In addition Jack throws a spear at Ralph with full intention of trying to kill him, and