I chose my Lord of the Flies paper to revise because I felt like that paper had the most to revise and when I went to the comments that my teacher gave me, it had the most revisions. I also felt like I could have done a better job, and wanted to make it better. Most of the changes I made in my paper had to do with quotations. I did this because my introduction to the quote, embedding, explanation, and relating it to my thesis were all weak. Improvements in these areas helped the audience know what was going on and explain why I put this particular quote in the paper. Other changes I made were transitions, changing the tense, and simple grammar mistakes. I changed some of the transitions because they were not connecting with my paper, but instead to the plot of the book. I had multiple tense errors that I needed to fix. By fixing these, it helps the audience from getting confused, and it helps the paper’s fluency. All of the revisions helped my paper’s overall quality and helped me know what I need to improve in all of my writing.
Evolution of Jack’s Savagery
In Lord of the Flies, William Golding writes about a group of boys that crash on an island with no adult supervision. There they have to fend for themselves until rescue comes. One point shown by Golding is how the character's personalities change. Most all of them experience some array of insanity. An essential person that changes is Jack. In Lord of the Flies, Golding describes Jack as complete darkness, but the readers don’t see his ferocious personality in the beginning. His personality changes throughout the book, ultimately leading to the evolution of Jack’s savagery.
When the boys first arrive on the island, they are surprised to find a new group. Jack is intimidating to Ralph and Piggy especially: “Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The creature was a party of boy” (19). Ralph can only make out shadows that look like a monster because the group of boys are not in focus yet. The description given explains how the bodies mask the inner violence that Jack and possibly the others have. This is foreshadowing for how their personalities unfold. When Ralph first sees Jack, he is the most intimidating because he is the leader. Golding says, "Their bodies, from throat to ankle, are hidden by black cloaks, which bare a long silver cross on the left breast, and each neck finishes off with a hambone frill" (19). The narrator is explaining what the choir boys look like. Golding also writes that the boys have silver crosses and how they have badges. The clothing reveals to the readers that Jack goes to a good private school. This also indicates that he is wealthy. By being in a choir, this shows that they are proper. Golding describe them in a dark way that gives a foul or corrupt mood.This quote overall says that the boys were mostly innocent besides the dark feeling as far as the readers know.
Jack is slowly losing his sanity and turning into a savage by acting like an animal. Jack alone goes hunting when, “Then dog-like, uncomfortable on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort, he steals forward five yards and stops" (48). Jack is hunting, he goes down on his knees. This lets the reader know how he is animal like by being on all fours. He looks like an animal because he is kneeling and he is painted in camouflage. When he dresses and acts this way the reader sees how he is transforming into an animal. Jack is a predator rather than prey because he is hunting and not being hunted. This is important because a predator kills. First he is on all fours, and then he will be acting like a savage.
Jack starts to act like an animal physically and also becomes more violent towards animals as well as people. A ship is in the distance, but Jack is hunting, so he couldn't keep the fire going. Since Jack is not there, this causes a huge fight between the hunters and everyone else, especially Jack and Ralph. Things get heated, and Jack is enraged when he "Takes a step, and able at last to hit someone, sticks his fist into Piggy's stomach. Jack stands over him. His voice is vicious with humiliation" (71). Jack gets angry and hits Piggy. When the reader look at this closely, you notice that he is angry and deliberately being violent. Jack then feels badly, and the reader can tell because Golding says that he feels humiliation. That indicates that he knows he did something wrong. He feels humiliation because he isn’t watching the fire like he should be. By reading this, it shows that Jack makes decisions before he thinks about them. His personality now shows to be impulsive and violent. It also shows that he is being more brutal than he has been.
Even though Jack can hit and bully, he doesn’t kill. Next, Jack shows his evolution to savagery by the murder of an animal. Jack breaks away from Ralph's group with the other hunters. Their group is more fun than in Ralph’s group’s opinion, and they do this by hunting. Golding writes, "Jack is on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife… Then Jack finds the throat and the hot blood spouts over his hands… He giggles and flicks them while the boys laugh at the reeking palms" (135). In this scene, Jack and his hunters are killing a pig by stabbing it and cutting its throat. Once the pig is dead, Jack continues to torture it. He also giggles showing that he is irrational. The meaning behind this is that Jack is blood-thirsty. He loves to kills pigs, and he does it brutally. This shows how Jack loves to murder, is merciless, and brutal.
As the story continues Jack is more violent, not only towards animals but also to people. He is cruel to the other group but doesn't kill anyone. This means that he still thinks logically at least sometimes. Jack wants to have a fire, but his people do not know how to make one, so they decide to try to steal it from Ralph's group. "'So I did,' said Eric. ‘I got an awful bloody face, I think, Ralph. But I did him in the end… He was chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses" (168). Jack is beating up the other group. He kicks and punches them, but never stabs them even though he is tempted. Instead of killing, he steals. Because Jack doesn't kill, he has some self-restraint. He is still acting like a savage because he is beating people up and robbing. Also, Piggy's glasses represent being able to see clearly. Now that the glasses are stolen, it symbolizes that he has lost his moral sense.
In the end Jack is now more savage because resorts to killing. He has only kills animals so far in the novel. Then he shows more intense savagery when his group and him kill Simon by, " movements but the tearing of teeth and claws" (151-153). Jack is on the beach with his group and they are celebrating on a pig that was killed. He says, "Jack leapt on to the sand. ‘Do our dance! Come on! Dance!” (151). This scene shows that Jack called the dance. Then, Simon comes down, and they think he is the beast, so they kill Simon. Jack wasn't the only one that participated in killing Simon, but he didn't have to participate. Jack is now not only killing animals but also people. He didn't restrain himself this time, he just went along with his temptations and murdered Simon. Jack also does this when he tries to kill Ralph in the end. This shows that now he is a complete savage and lost all civilization in himself.
The readers first see Jack as a leader and a school boy. He then starts to evolve into a wilder boy and by the end of the book he turns into a complete savage. Jack begins by hitting, then progresses to killing an animal, and then finally he kills a human. This change in his personality also reflects the change in the group. The group starts off nice, fun, and productive and then ends up in complete chaos. The group turns against each other, splits apart, and even kills one another. A big part of this change is seen in Jack’s change in personality throughout the book.
Evolution of Jack’s Savagery
In Lord of the Flies, William Golding writes about a group of boys that crash on an island with no adult supervision. There they have to fend for themselves until rescue comes. One point shown by Golding is how the character's personalities change. Most all of them experience some array of insanity. An essential person that changes is Jack. In Lord of the Flies, Golding describes Jack as complete darkness, but the readers don’t see his ferocious personality in the beginning. His personality changes throughout the book, ultimately leading to the evolution of Jack’s savagery.
When the boys first arrive on the island, they are surprised to find a new group. Jack is intimidating to Ralph and Piggy especially: “Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The creature was a party of boy” (19). Ralph can only make out shadows that look like a monster because the group of boys are not in focus yet. The description given explains how the bodies mask the inner violence that Jack and possibly the others have. This is foreshadowing for how their personalities unfold. When Ralph first sees Jack, he is the most intimidating because he is the leader. Golding says, "Their bodies, from throat to ankle, are hidden by black cloaks, which bare a long silver cross on the left breast, and each neck finishes off with a hambone frill" (19). The narrator is explaining what the choir boys look like. Golding also writes that the boys have silver crosses and how they have badges. The clothing reveals to the readers that Jack goes to a good private school. This also indicates that he is wealthy. By being in a choir, this shows that they are proper. Golding describe them in a dark way that gives a foul or corrupt mood.This quote overall says that the boys were mostly innocent besides the dark feeling as far as the readers know.
Jack is slowly losing his sanity and turning into a savage by acting like an animal. Jack alone goes hunting when, “Then dog-like, uncomfortable on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort, he steals forward five yards and stops" (48). Jack is hunting, he goes down on his knees. This lets the reader know how he is animal like by being on all fours. He looks like an animal because he is kneeling and he is painted in camouflage. When he dresses and acts this way the reader sees how he is transforming into an animal. Jack is a predator rather than prey because he is hunting and not being hunted. This is important because a predator kills. First he is on all fours, and then he will be acting like a savage.
Jack starts to act like an animal physically and also becomes more violent towards animals as well as people. A ship is in the distance, but Jack is hunting, so he couldn't keep the fire going. Since Jack is not there, this causes a huge fight between the hunters and everyone else, especially Jack and Ralph. Things get heated, and Jack is enraged when he "Takes a step, and able at last to hit someone, sticks his fist into Piggy's stomach. Jack stands over him. His voice is vicious with humiliation" (71). Jack gets angry and hits Piggy. When the reader look at this closely, you notice that he is angry and deliberately being violent. Jack then feels badly, and the reader can tell because Golding says that he feels humiliation. That indicates that he knows he did something wrong. He feels humiliation because he isn’t watching the fire like he should be. By reading this, it shows that Jack makes decisions before he thinks about them. His personality now shows to be impulsive and violent. It also shows that he is being more brutal than he has been.
Even though Jack can hit and bully, he doesn’t kill. Next, Jack shows his evolution to savagery by the murder of an animal. Jack breaks away from Ralph's group with the other hunters. Their group is more fun than in Ralph’s group’s opinion, and they do this by hunting. Golding writes, "Jack is on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife… Then Jack finds the throat and the hot blood spouts over his hands… He giggles and flicks them while the boys laugh at the reeking palms" (135). In this scene, Jack and his hunters are killing a pig by stabbing it and cutting its throat. Once the pig is dead, Jack continues to torture it. He also giggles showing that he is irrational. The meaning behind this is that Jack is blood-thirsty. He loves to kills pigs, and he does it brutally. This shows how Jack loves to murder, is merciless, and brutal.
As the story continues Jack is more violent, not only towards animals but also to people. He is cruel to the other group but doesn't kill anyone. This means that he still thinks logically at least sometimes. Jack wants to have a fire, but his people do not know how to make one, so they decide to try to steal it from Ralph's group. "'So I did,' said Eric. ‘I got an awful bloody face, I think, Ralph. But I did him in the end… He was chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses" (168). Jack is beating up the other group. He kicks and punches them, but never stabs them even though he is tempted. Instead of killing, he steals. Because Jack doesn't kill, he has some self-restraint. He is still acting like a savage because he is beating people up and robbing. Also, Piggy's glasses represent being able to see clearly. Now that the glasses are stolen, it symbolizes that he has lost his moral sense.
In the end Jack is now more savage because resorts to killing. He has only kills animals so far in the novel. Then he shows more intense savagery when his group and him kill Simon by, " movements but the tearing of teeth and claws" (151-153). Jack is on the beach with his group and they are celebrating on a pig that was killed. He says, "Jack leapt on to the sand. ‘Do our dance! Come on! Dance!” (151). This scene shows that Jack called the dance. Then, Simon comes down, and they think he is the beast, so they kill Simon. Jack wasn't the only one that participated in killing Simon, but he didn't have to participate. Jack is now not only killing animals but also people. He didn't restrain himself this time, he just went along with his temptations and murdered Simon. Jack also does this when he tries to kill Ralph in the end. This shows that now he is a complete savage and lost all civilization in himself.
The readers first see Jack as a leader and a school boy. He then starts to evolve into a wilder boy and by the end of the book he turns into a complete savage. Jack begins by hitting, then progresses to killing an animal, and then finally he kills a human. This change in his personality also reflects the change in the group. The group starts off nice, fun, and productive and then ends up in complete chaos. The group turns against each other, splits apart, and even kills one another. A big part of this change is seen in Jack’s change in personality throughout the book.
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