... . 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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... , 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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... 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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... 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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... for their mission on the island which was to hunt pig. Without a fire, a pig may be useless because on the deserted island there is no other method of cooking the meat of the pig. The fire also is used as a rescue signal for any passing ships. This is crucial to the novel because it not only gives Lord of the Flies ... ...

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... boys begin to follow him. Jack has a progression in the novel that shows that evil can get worse. At first, Jack cannot even kill the pig that they hunt for meat to eat. Then, Jack begins to start killing just for the means of killing. He becomes obsessive with the hunt and in the end leads the ultimate hunt for Ralph ... ...

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... playing. Hunting, which originally was only a way of getting food so that they could survive until they were rescued becomes all important. They seem to care more about hunting for meat rather than the most important rule, to keep the fire going. An example of this is when the boys ignore the fire to go hunt, a ship passes by. The fire ... ...

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... emphasized over and over again in the film version. In occasions while Jack tells the boys his plans for the day he repeats the need for fire to cook the meat. Another element that was stressed was the beast. The boys blame the things they do on their fear of the beast. When they collectively murder Simon they blame it on ... ...

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