and violence projected outward onto something physical, so that they didn't have.
to admit these things about themselves.
In emergency situations, people need to look towards some kind of a leader who.
will take control. They need some kind of structure that provide security, or.
even the illusion of security. That is why when Ralph first blows the conch; he.
is automatically regarded as a leader. Since there were no other adults around,.
he was the closest thing to authority that the children could relate to. Jack,.
believing he should be the natural choice for the leader, immediately held.
resentment and jealousy towards Ralph, and this would cause the power struggle.
between the two boys. Ralph having this responsibility thrust upon him was not.
strong enough or intelligent enough, to keep their society from degenerating in.
the hands of Jack.
Jack did not necessarily start out with the intention of being a murderer, but.
it was the conditions on the island that brought out his inner instincts of.
violence. The absence of real authority allowed him to take control and impose.
a chaotic, dictatorship rule. Originally, Jack showed restraint or fear of his.
own darker forces, when he hesitated to kill the piglet during an earlier hunt. .
His own embarrassment for not doing so fuelled his bloodlust and caused him to.
overcompensate for his failure by becoming overtly aggressive in front of the.
other boys. When the concept of a "beast- first came up, it was ridiculed, but.
Jack told the boys that if it did exist, him and his hunters would kill it. .
This was an attempt to draw power to him by promising to solve a problem, even.
though it was one that he didn't even believe in at the time. Similar to a.
government creating a problem and then solving it so that they can gain greater.
control over the society which it rules. Jack eventually used this universal.
fear of the "beast-, to influence the others to follow him. With only his.