Lord Of The Flies: Jack's Villainy

Lord of the Flies is a book about the cruel and dark nature that is brewing under peoples skin, held back by society. It tells a story about how a group of innocent schoolboys turn into a tribe of murders, killing multiple people on the island. There are minor antagonists who are present in the book, one such being is Roger, a naturally sadistic boy who becomes the main antagonists sidekick, a boy named Jack. In a battle between civilization and savagery, the scales tip in Jack’s favor, in ways in how he affected the story. Jack’s villainy is prominent in the story, as he affects the whole course of the book. When analyzed in this paper, it is learned that the nature of Jack’s villainy helps enhance the theme of Lord of the Flies. Jack’s
He shows this by the tribe losing all rational thinking, by the end lose all remorse for taking other human lives, and with his conquest for power, ultimately destroying the island. Rational thinking is the primary thing the boys need to allow them to get off the island, yet after the amount of time on the island, they lose it. When they kill a nursing sow, even though there would have been more pigs if they had let the sow be, and hunt a different pig. When the tribe is at the state before they go on the hunt for Ralph, they do not even care to make a signal fire, which could be one of the easiest ways for the boys to have an escape off the island, and if Jack and Ralph had realized what Piggy was worth instead of making fun of him consistently, than it likely would have been possible for them to prevent the deaths that happen in the book, and get off the island much faster. When Simon is killed, it shows that even though they knew it was Simon, shown by this quote “A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly. … “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” … Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill.” (Golding 152), they continue the dance, showing how they did not care that it was a person who they knew, and had lived with for presumably months now. When Piggy died, Jack gloated, saying Jack bounded out from the tribe and began screaming wildly. “See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I meant that! There isn’t a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone-” He ran forward, stooping. “I’m chief!” (Golding 181), using Piggy’s death as a way of causing fear to the people in his tribe, so he could control more easily, making the island and the hearts of the boys on the island even darker. Jack’s greed and want for power ultimately destroyed it, though