- Jack was the only one that bought up about the war
- convinces innocent to join him , doesnt care for other boys identity being taken away
- not a good leader-rules by force
- wants islad to be savage place, only one that mentions war
- foreshadow war between civil and sav, when Jack trys to convince Ralphs team to join his
- mask his inhumanity and his desire to be a tribe, could foreshadow Simons death as they tear him apart like tribesmen
“For hunting. Like in the war-you know dazzle paint. Like things tryong to look like something else”
(MASK)
- Attacks the most vulnerable
- Doesnt understand the power withheld in the glasses
- form of rescue, jack doesnt want to be rescued
- glasses are civil, jack is not
- dictator= CONTEXT WW2 HITLER
“Jack snatched the glasses off his face”
•dictator-imperatives and commands
•jack made them all in unison- much stronger than individuals.
•unison- same savage mentality. All kill Simon
•”our” THEIR dance. Sense of belonging- everyone else is an outsider
CONTEXT- DIFFERENT COUNTRIES =DIFFERENT ARMIES
“Jack leapt on the sand. “Do our dance! Come on! Dance!”
- red hair- devil
- looks like hangman
- choir leadet yet looks so sinister
- foreshadow savagery
- lack of humanity
- physical appearence isnt as nice as Ralphs
- antagonist/postlapsarian
“Inside the floating black cloak was tall, thin, and bony: and his hair was red beneath the black cap”
- wants rules to punish
- abuses power- doesnt follow the rules himself
- oppostie Ralphs
- dictator
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“We’ll have rules!Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks em…”
- leader of choir but doesnt care for his ‘friends’ health
- no sympathy for boys
- boy-still a child should be innocent however acts like a leader who you would assume is an adult
- also suggests that Jack acts older than his age even though he’s described as a boy
“He’s always throwing a faint. He did in Gib.; and Addis; and at matins over the precentor.”
- Dictator CONTEXT HITLER WW2
* “boy” =reminds readers of youth
“The boy who controlled them”
