28) when Simon is admiring the beauty of it. The wielding of the knife also helps the evil to slowly consume Jack, since the knife to Jack resembles power. Jack is also the only one who possesses the knife, which furthermore invigorates Jack's desire of leadership. It is predictable that Jack will fight Ralph over the leadership among the children. The first conflict between the two begins as Ralph complains that no one but Simon has help out the construction of shelters and Jack hunts but comes back empty-handed. The crevice of the friendship between Ralph and Jack cannot be mended easily. In addition to the dissatisfaction of Ralph's leadership, Jack openly challenges Ralph's authority by tempting and daring him in front of others. "And you [Ralph] shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there v/s telling people what to do. You cant hunt, you cant sing v/s " (P.98) Jack doesnt comply to Ralph, he doesnt respect Ralph for his role as the chief, and furthermore he feels Ralph is incompetent of being a chief. With depreciation, Jack comments Ralph that he is "frightened"(P.130) to continue the search for the beast. In the end, Jack even attempts to hunt Ralph down and stake his head on a stick.
Ralph, on the other hand, remains more cultured than Jack. However, the civilization within Ralph is slowly stripped away. The evil is beginning to merge due to the lack of influence of the civilization that he is used to. " fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh [of Robert]."(P.125) indicates the moment when Ralph is overwhelmed by the evil. Along with the children, he gets into frenzy and is under the control of the urge to hurt. Later on in the book similar behaviour appears again when Simon stumbles out of the forest. With Jack in the lead, the children including Ralph "surged after it [Simon], poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore.
