Essay On Savagery In Lord Of The Flies

Based on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, I can determine where Jack is at according to Maslow needs from the beginning of the book to end of chapter 7, and whether or not Jack is savage or civilized. I have determined that Jack is at esteem but, is doing so in a savage way. I say this because in chapter one, we can see the turning points for esteem and savagery. When he first get on the island he is worried about being rescued. We can see this on page 28, when Jack says “We’ve got to decide about being rescued.” At first it seems like he seems to care about getting of the island and getting home. But, let's go further down on the page to where the boys were voting about who should be leader. Jack says “I ought to be chief,” with simple arrogance,
We can say this because, no sane person is standing with a “pig's head on a stick”(golding p.206) in the middle of the jungle. Like seriously, and than let's not forget he’s not even worried about the beast, heck he could careless about the beast. Because according to Jack “There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast.” Even though the author never states directly who is the lord of the files we can infer that it is Jack. We can also prove this statement to be true let’s look into a conversation, “Fancy thinking the Beast Was something you Could Hunt And Kill!” said the head. For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter. “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?”(golding p.206) This is a conversation that Jack and Simon had. Simon says two very important keywords that let's you that it's Jack he’s talking to, he mentions the words hunt and kill. Now throughout the whole book who was obsessed with killing and hunting, Jack. Who creates a group called the “hunters”, referees them as an army, and also is the leader of the group, while it's no other than Jack. Who left the group saying that they are no longer apart of the group, its Jack again. This means the only person that could be lord of the flies is Jack. And, he probably gave or got
Jack goes and invites the boys from Ralph's group to a feast, it is their that most of the boys join Jack's group. It is here that they accidentally kill Simon, they are acting on the savage based on instinct at this point, representing the beast. Simon's death can be compared to when Jesus death. But, simon's death just represents the sin of others being passed down onto the island. It is this same night that Jack’s group invades Ralph’s camp. Stealing Piggy's glasses, while piggy wants to do the responsible thing and go and demand for them back. He sadly died, because of a bolder being released and smashing the conch, which symbolizes civilization. The death of piggy could symbolize the death of their civilization. While Jack hunts Ralph they start a forest fire, that eventually spreads to majority of the island. If it wasn't for the naval officer arriving and Ralph running onto the beach. Ralph would have died, meaning that savagery, pirmerial instinct is stronger than civilization. We can truly say that Jack was savage and he had accomplished his goal of getting to