The Natural Evil inside Every Man: An Analysis of Jack.
"What do all humans with great power want the most, even though they might.
not realize it? More power. What do all men with little power want, even.
though they might not realize it? More power. - Anonymous". Ralph's biggest.
mistake in The Lord of the Flies was giving Jack the authority and power.
over the choir and the right for them to be hunters. That very same power.
led to the fall of their entire civilization and the power shift to Jack's.
nefarious tribe. There is an evil within everyone and everything put on.
this world, and it is just a matter of whether that someone let's that evil.
take control of it. That is what The Lord of the Flies, a novel written by.
William Golding, tries to express. Through an analysis of the character.
named Jack, this essay expresses how that same evil takes him over little.
by little as he develops mentally, physically, and emotionally throughout.
the novel.
To start out with, Jack developed, more than declined, mentally.
(strategically, socially, & adaptively) throughout the whole book. From.
Jack's introduction to the island to the final showdown between his tribe.
vs. Ralph, Jack goes from a very petty and childish little boy, ""I ought.
to be chief," said Jack with simple arrogance, "because I"m chapter.
chorister and head boy. I can sing a C sharp"" -pg. 21 to an intelligent.
tactician "We"ll raid them and take fire. we"ll put on paint and sneak.
up; Roger can snatch a branch while I say what I want. The rest of you can.
get back where we were before." -pg. 136. Even though Jack overlooked the.
possibility of Ralph's group giving fire freely, he made a plan that was.
very ingenious none the less. The more hunting Jack did and the further.
attacks he made on Ralph"s camp, the more complex his ideas became. Another.
way he grew mentally was in his social skills. Before the accident, Jack.
was the head-boy of his school's choir, he was respected by the school for.
