... . Golding has the Boys crash-land on an uninhabited island without any ties to civilization. "aren't there any grown-ups no" (21) The island the Boys inhabit has both plentiful meat and fruit. Because the boys have a considerable amount of food, pointlessly slaughtering pigs only magnifies the boys" savagery. The warm climate forces the boys" to rip off their clothes. By ... of wood. The useless burning of the island would seem to only hurt the forest, but by burning the forest, the boys destroy a habitat for plants, insects and animals that all contribute to a balanced ecosystem. Fire d...

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... not know how to sow the seeds of future prosperity; he only lives to satisfy himself at the present moment. An example of this would be Jack desire for meat. Jack starts off with the desire for meat, which continues to grow and eventually is what turns him into a savage. " You wouldn't care to help us with the shelters, I suppose?' We want ... ;' And we don't get it. But I shall! Next time!' This is just one of many examples of Jack obsessing over his desire for meat. Because Piggy can reason and think much better than Jack, they both start to arrive at different ways of how they should ...

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... to talk, even if he has the counch, because he's upset. He changes the rules just so he can have it his way. Piggy questions why he doesn't get any meat to eat, so Simon freely gives him a piece so he doesn't starve. "Then Jack leapt to his feet, slashed off a great hunk of ... meat, and flung it down Simon's feet (74)." Jack is angry because Simon gave Piggy meat, even though he didn't hunt. He doesn't believe it's fair Piggy gets food because of his anger and selfishness. Jack is merciless and only ... ...

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... , Ralph the leader indeed tried to portray such this thing. But Jack, the would-be leader lours them away by side tracking them with a feast of meat. The children who are starving for some real meat follow but to their dismay loose almost all civilization because of the savageness they have within. This shows that you might follow someone who has the ... beast. Who will join my tribe? "8 " Who`ll join my tribe? I will Me I will 9 Piggy touched Ralphs wrist. Come away. There`s going to be trouble. And we`ve had our meat. "10 Lord of the Flies concludes by them being rescued by a Naval Off...

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... of getting rescued and getting off the island. Ralph also knew that they would need food in order to survive. "We need hunters to get us meat" (Golding 31). By eating meat the boys would be taking in protein. Having protein in your system gives you energy, so they could do the tasks they needed to do while on the ... ...

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... didn't want there to be a vote to decide on a chief. Jack has a hot temper and is quick to act out in violence. He hides his cruelty by bringing the boys meat and allowing them to have fun. "Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along...Then the creature stepped from the mirage on to clear sand ... the hunters but that isn't good enough for Jack Merridew. Jack campaigns against Ralph, calling him weak and cowardly. He manipulates the weak minded boys into following, hiding beneath the meat and the fun. Jack gets two boys killed, has two other boys taken prison...

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... look after themselves. Jack reminds Ralph of the pig they found trapped in the vines in the jungle, and Ralph agrees that they will need hunters to kill animals for meat. Ralph declares that, at meetings, the conch shell will be used to determine which boy has the right to speak. Whoever holds the conch shell will speak, and the others ... , implies that Jack and the hunters are using their hunting duties as an excuse to avoid the real work. Jack responds to Ralph's complaints by commenting that the boys want meat. Jack and Ralph continue to bicker and grow increasingly hostile toward ea...

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... . The day after the death of Simon when Piggy ! and Ralph are bathing, Piggy points beyond the platform and says, "That's where they're gone. Jack's party. Just for some meat. And for hunting and for pretending to be a tribe and putting on war-paint."(163). Piggy realizes exactly why the boys have gone to Jack's, which would be for fun ... a teacher's whistle. Finally, at the end of the novel, the boys turn to Jack to satisfy their need for some much-needed leadership. When the boys are feasting on the meat of a freshly killed sow, the narrator says: Jack spoke 'Give me a drink.' Henry b...

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... as the fruit pickers and they had the others building them shelters. After days of work only two shaky shelters were in place and all Jack was worried about was meat (p.50). This is when Ralph starts to feel the tension that things aren't going his way at all. He may even realize at this point that his rein was superficial ... fire for their rescue was difficult to keep it burning safely because the people that were suppose to watch the fire left. Jack took the firewatchers to go hunting for meat that the all so desperately wanted and the fire went out as a result and they missed an opp...

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... , led by Ralph and Jack, set out to find the beast. While on their hunt, the boys come across pig droppings, and decide that it would be great to have meat. They track down the pig, and even Ralph is immense with excitement brought on by the hunt. He even throws his spear at the pig and hits it in the ... hides, he is not far from the Castle Rock. He crawls to the lookout near Castle Rock and calls to two of his former companions. They give him a chunk of meat and tell him that Roger has sharpened a stick at both ends, but Ralph cannot attach a meaning to this. Ralph crawls away and hide...

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... , "Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol. There were piles of meat on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coconut shells full of drink." (Golding 149). Jack has become clearly superior to the others and shows it in his manner. Like ... Thomas Hobbes belief that humans will always desire more power, Jack desires more power by insisting that since he fed the others meat, that they should follow him. An additional philosophy of Thomas Hobbes was that when there is no control, there is n...

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... humans. Ralph's "government" is a form of democracy which gives each boy equal rights and an ability to express themselves. Jack treats the boys, especially Piggy, as inferiors. When Jack gets meat from hunting, he gives everyone some except for Piggy. When Piggy asks for some, Jack says, "You didn't hunt." (Golding 80) Ralph and many of the littluns did not hunt ... rather, it is in the best interest of the group. When the boys join Jack's tribe; Jack only satisfies their short term wants and needs, such as the desire for meat. A good leader however, should look to the future and plan ...

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... glasses, "he went crouching and feeling over the rocks but Simon, who got there first, found them for him." (page 75) When Jack refuses to give Piggy any meat, Simon "shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy," (page 78) so he wouldn't go hungry. Yet another act of kindness was when the littluns couldn't reach the fruit, "Simon found ... ...

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... cannot depend on, so they deserted him and left for a better leader, a leader that can not provide for his people. Jack is able to get meat for his tribe and even generous enough to give meat to his archenemy, Ralph. Jack also has the most leadership experience out of all the boys on the island. He was the head boy of the ... ...

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... 's group. Jack just had to be different, and he decided to go with painting faces. Although some of the boys didn"t agree with this, but they were pliant once the meat was provided. The painted faces brought out a new side in Jack's whole group. They were acting like complete savages! This however, did match their main goals in the group; "We ... of food even led to hunting. (One of the main factors in the novel.) The boys were getting sick and tired of eating fruit and drinking water. Their bodies craved meat. This intense hunger even led to the death of Simon, the boy who came out runn...

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... between the antagonist and protagonist in the novel. Ralph's priorities are to build shelters and keep a signal fire going in order to get rescued, however Jack's priorities are to hunt meat for the boys and have fun. Tension is shown in this moment when they argue and Jack ends up taking his built frustrations out on innocent Piggy. Golding writes, " ... ...

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... Ralph as chief to set rules and be the leader of the group. Ralph as chief creates a group called the Hunters which are used to hunt and kill animals for meat. The leader of this group is Jack (This character is Golding's main outlet to display the Beast within). With all the hunting the hunters begin to enjoy the kill and ... ...

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... in his analysis of The Inheritors, writes that the Neanderthals, "gather the fruits of the forest but, because they have a sense that killing is 'wickedness', they depend for meat on what they can guiltily savage from kills made by big carnivores." (Carey 4). On the other hand the new people use weapons. The arrows that they have constructed have ... ...

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... , Jack wants to go hunt a pig and when he has the opportunity he wimps out and doesn't go through with it. Jack has convinced the boys that they must hunt meat to survive. So he and his choir boys attempt to hunt a pig when "The three boys rushed forward and Jack drew his knife again with a flourish he raised his arm ... ...

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... not abide by Ralph's wishes and constantly goes against Ralph, Virginia Gaydosik states "Jack soon challenges Ralph's authority; the boys who follow Jack hunt the island's wild pigs for meat and the thrill of the chase and kill" (Gaydosik). The boys solely join Jack's tribe because the inclination to torment the pig and then the thrill to eat what ... ...

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... Lord of the Flies. He represents the goodness within man. He reveals his kind-heartedness through helping the littluns get fruit (56), helping Piggy find his glasses (71), and giving meat to Piggy (74). Simon is the first boy to come to the realization that there is no beast, that "maybe it's us" (89). He comes to accept that the evil ... ...

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... 's appearance seems to even suggest evil. As time goes on killing becomes his one priority. He tries to cover up his love by saying that the group of children needs meat. The truth is that he has reached a point where he actually enjoyed the sensation of hunting a prey. His intrinsic natural desire for blood and violence was brought out by his ... ...

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... . In this novel, he has done just that. Golding had his characters revert back to their lost human instincts. . When the boys on the island finally catch a pig and get meat, the one hunter, and main character, Jack, cannot bear to let someone else tell his savage story. He begins, "We spread round. I crept, on hands and knees. The spears fell ... ...

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... is useless to them. This occurs when Jack gathers his hunters for an important meeting. Then hunters listen to Jack's complaints about Ralph, "He's not a hunter. He"d never got us meat" (Golding 140). As the above reference illustrates, Jack "kills" Ralph's chances of continuing to be the leader by making him sound worthless. At the same time Jack makes himself appear ... ...

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... and the hot blood spouted over his hands. Then Jack grabbed Maurice and rubbed the stuff over his cheeks."" (Golding pg.149) Ralph's tribe also gives into the temptations of meat and accidentally take part in the murder of a spiritual boy named Simon. Ralph and the boys in his tribe are the only ones who have remained decently civil. Lastly, Jacks ... ...

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