"The Young man who has not wept is a savage." This quote explains Jacks Character in Lord of the Files by William Golding. The quote shows that a savage person would not cry, but crying does not make you a wimp eventhough that is what most people think. Through Jacks violent actions he symbolizes the idea of brutality and savagery, he also shows that he prefers destruction to creation. He enjoys to rule by force and this shows that he is heartless. Jack is only concerned with himself and hunting and that is what makes him a conceited person.

In the beginning Jack is not portrayed as a boy who would want anything to do with getting saved, because he was only interested in hunting and having fun. "All the same you need an army for hunting, hunting pigs." (Golding 33) Jack starts to show this during the middle chapters when he first sees the piglet and tries to kill it and fails. He then tries to make up an excuse of why the pig was not killed like he said it would be. "It broke away before I could kill it." (31) Ever since then he has had an idea of becoming the hunter on the island. Ralph was never into hunting and wanted Jack to only care about getting saved. Since Jac

When Ralph finds out that Jack has been hunting behind his back he is not happy. Ralph needs help with being rescued and all Jack wants to do it hunt. Jack realizes that he can not follow Ralph's rules any more and says he is going to the other side of the island to make is own tribe and anyone who wanted to go with him could. Jack then becomes the leader of the other savages on the island. He tries to convince people to come to his side of the island and promises that he will supply them with meat and they will never be hungry. He also tells them that there will be no rules to follow and there will be no worries on their side of the island. When Ralph decides to visit Jacks side of the island Ralph tries to bring up the rule of the conch and Jack tells Ralph, "The conch does not work on the top of the mountain, so shut up." (43) Jack likes to rule by force on his side of the mountain and Ralph sees that when he visits as well, Jack for no reason beats Wilfred. This shows brutality in Jacks character because Wilfed had done nothing for Jack to do what he did to him. He just decided to have him tied up and beaten and people found amusement in this. Roger finds amusement in this and is not afraid to hide it. "He has been tied up for hours now, waiting."(145) This shows that Jack rules by violence as well as force and doe

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