Characteristics of Jack
Characteristics of Jack
Quotes:
* “Jack planned his new face. He made one cheek and eye-socket white, the he rubbed red over the other half of his face and slashed a black bar of charcoal across from right eat to left jaw. He looked in the pool for his reflection but his breathing troubled the mirror. He looked in astonishment no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger.” - This quote shows jack as a religious allegory because Jack completely changed his look from a normal school kid to a devil looking mad man. (Personality) * "Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill the blood” - Jack leads the group when they chant this and makes them usually say it every time they kill a pig, showing his dominant power. (Physical) * He looked at Piggy, at the hunters, at Ralph.
" I’m sorry. About the fire, I mean. There. I-"
He drew himself up.
"- I apologize" – Although Jack apologizes, it’s about the fire. He doesn’t even say sorry to Piggy for what he did to him. Jack doesn’t think violence is as bad as other people on the island think it is. (Actions) * "But he's he's, Jack Merridew!" "I’ve been in bed so much I done some thinking. I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can't hurt you; but if you stand out of the way he'd hurt the next thing. And that's me.” - Piggy and Ralph are starting to fear Jack exactly how a citizen in a dictatorship feels about their leader. (Background) * "He's not a hunter. He'd never have got us meat. He isn't a perfect and we don't know anything about him. He just gives orders and expects people to obey for nothing. All this talk-“ - Jack shows how he is power hungry like a dictator because he is trying to make Ralph look like a bad chief in order for him to try to take the power away from him and get it for himself. (Motivations)
Symbols That Represent Jack: 1. Long Hair - During the duration of their stay on the island, all of the boys except for Piggy begin to grow long hair. This symbolizes their
Quotes:
* “Jack planned his new face. He made one cheek and eye-socket white, the he rubbed red over the other half of his face and slashed a black bar of charcoal across from right eat to left jaw. He looked in the pool for his reflection but his breathing troubled the mirror. He looked in astonishment no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger.” - This quote shows jack as a religious allegory because Jack completely changed his look from a normal school kid to a devil looking mad man. (Personality) * "Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill the blood” - Jack leads the group when they chant this and makes them usually say it every time they kill a pig, showing his dominant power. (Physical) * He looked at Piggy, at the hunters, at Ralph.
" I’m sorry. About the fire, I mean. There. I-"
He drew himself up.
"- I apologize" – Although Jack apologizes, it’s about the fire. He doesn’t even say sorry to Piggy for what he did to him. Jack doesn’t think violence is as bad as other people on the island think it is. (Actions) * "But he's he's, Jack Merridew!" "I’ve been in bed so much I done some thinking. I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can't hurt you; but if you stand out of the way he'd hurt the next thing. And that's me.” - Piggy and Ralph are starting to fear Jack exactly how a citizen in a dictatorship feels about their leader. (Background) * "He's not a hunter. He'd never have got us meat. He isn't a perfect and we don't know anything about him. He just gives orders and expects people to obey for nothing. All this talk-“ - Jack shows how he is power hungry like a dictator because he is trying to make Ralph look like a bad chief in order for him to try to take the power away from him and get it for himself. (Motivations)
Symbols That Represent Jack: 1. Long Hair - During the duration of their stay on the island, all of the boys except for Piggy begin to grow long hair. This symbolizes their