Jack begins to change slowly and develops a crazy and violent side. We see this when his hunting job starts to take over his mind and we are told Jack had a “compulsion to track down and kill things that was swallowing him up”.
Once Jack starts hunting, he starts to become more savage, a trait which intensifies over the course of Lord of the Flies. For a time, he is savage only towards the pigs, but he completely loses his civilized behavior once he attacks Piggy, hitting him and knocking him down.
This quotation, also from Chapter 4, explores Jack's mental state in the aftermath of killing his first pig, another milestone in the boys' decline into savage behavior. Jack exults in the kill and is unable to think about anything else because his mind is “crowded with memories” of the hunt.
In chapter three, Jack Merridew, no longer adorned in choral robes, no longer boasting in his ability to hit a “high C,” is animalistic; the description of his body, his use of his senses, and his physical description all demonstrate that Jack is becoming more savage, more animalistic, and less concerned with society ...
Jack's innocence is clearly displayed throughout the earlier chapters of the novel. Throughout the novel, his loss of innocence is highlighted in three main ways: his treatment of the pigs on the island, his physical appearance, and his hatred for Ralph, all which display suffering as an effect.
Why does Jack establish two different identities for himself—one for the country and another for the city? So that he can take a brake from being a guardian in the country. When he is bored, he goes to the city to help his "brother" Earnest, but he is really just having alone time.
While the boys talk about fear and debate whether the beast is real, Jack declares that the beast doesn't exist because he has explored the island and has never seen it. Ironically, it is the primal instinct of hunting, of moving through the forest in search of food, that will bring out the beast inside Jack.
Jack eventually forms a breakaway group of his own and swiftly becomes a violent dictator. By the end of the novel, he is ordering the torture of other boys and even tries to organise the murder of Ralph. Jack is an unlikeable character, motivated by evil and whose bad traits only get worse as the story progresses.
How is Jack's personality and appearance changing?
The first time he encounters a pig, he is unable to kill it. But Jack soon becomes obsessed with hunting and devotes himself to the task, painting his face like a barbarian and giving himself over to bloodlust. The more savage Jack becomes, the more he is able to control the rest of the group.
In Lord of the Flies, Jack paints his face like a mask to act as camouflage so the pigs cannot see him when he is hunting. The mask, however, gives him a new identity and allows him to separate from the rules of society.
In the novel Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, Jack has changed throughout the whole novel from beginning as an innocent child to an evil savage at the end. Jack used to be a friendly child who was innocent in the beginning, and during the novel, Jack changed into a cruel and disregarding.
Jack is obsessed with killing the pig for reasons of political power, and for personal validation. In Chapter 1, Jack is essentially given a title and task; hunting. However in the same chapter he is unable to kill a pig, presumably because he can't stomach actually performing the act. He vows not to hesitate again.
His main interest is hunting, an endeavor that begins with the desire for meat and builds to the overwhelming urge to master and kill other living creatures. Hunting develops the savagery that already ran close to his surface, making him "ape-like" as he prowls through the jungle.
Jack makes the beast into a godlike figure, a kind of totem he uses to rule and manipulate the members of his tribe. He attributes to the beast both immortality and the power to change form, making it an enemy to be feared and an idol to be worshiped.
The first instinct the boys experience that drives them towards savagery is hunger. The island has abundant fruit, but the boys are hungry for meat. Jack becomes obsessed with hunting, not for the meat, but he wants to kill.
They were left looking at each other and the place of terror. Jack's face was white under the freckles. He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down replacing the blade in the sheath. Then they all three laughed ashamedly and began to climb back to the track.
Jack begins to change slowly and develops a crazy and violent side. We see this when his hunting job starts to take over his mind and we are told Jack had a “compulsion to track down and kill things that was swallowing him up”.
How has Jack's personality changed during his stay on the island?
How has Jack's personality developed during his stay on the island? Jack has degenerated from a superficially civilized school boy to a near animal level. He yearns to kill, yet he too is learning the vast difference between imagining himself a hunter and actually killing a living creature.
How has Jack's behavior changed what might this foreshadow?
Jack's behavior in this chapter suggests that he is a boy that will not lose and holds grudges. He gets excited about the rules and consequences because he is more about controlling people and asserting himself as the best. The behavior of the boys foreshadow Piggy's death and Jack's savagery.
Through Jack's stay on the island, more of his savage and ruthless personality develops and is revealed. His want and almost need for power increases. Ralph and Jack's personalities begin to clash, and there is tension between the two.
Indeed, Jack's bloodlust and thirst for power have overwhelmed his interest in civilization. Whereas he previously justified his commitment to hunting by claiming that it was for the good of the group, now he no longer feels the need to justify his behavior at all.
Jack and his hunters kill a sow and decide to leave an offering for the beast. They cut off the pig's head, and Jack asks Roger to 'sharpen a stick at both ends'. As Jack places the head on a stick he says: 'This head is for the beast.
Why? Jack sticks the pig head on a stick and puts it in the woods, near the dead parachuter, as an offering to the beast. Jack tells the boys to forget about the beast, and that this offering may keep the beast at bay.
The Beast. The imaginary beast that frightens all the boys stands for the primal instinct of savagery that exists within all human beings. The boys are afraid of the beast, but only Simon reaches the realization that they fear the beast because it exists within each of them.
