How Does Jack Characterize In Lord Of The Flies

Jack is very manipulative and uses a figurative beast to create fear and obtain loyalty from the boys. Although the beast does not exist as the boys portray, Jack uses their naive character to his advantage. As Jack is demanding the boys to keep watch over the gates, they start questioning him and Jack reassures them by using fear, " '-and then, the beast might try to come in. You remember how he crawled-'
The semicircle shuddered and muttered in agreement.
'He came-disguised. He may come again even though we gave him the head of our kill to eat. So watch; and be careful.' " (Golding 160)

Jack is tremendously consumed by the power to the point where he is extremely paranoid to be thrown off the hierarchy and feels the need to take advantage of the weak on the island. Jack has no remorse for transitioning the boys from civil human beings to savage monsters. He has lost the main purpose of unity and order because of his twisted chaotic mind. Jack is living in his own world where he thinks he is a king being severed by peasants. He is so consumed by
himself and the consumption of power given that he does not want to face the true reality of the island. Despite the fact that Jack gives into his persona as a savage king, Simon does not truly believes in the beast like the other boys and tries to narrow down who the beast really is. Simon starts to reflect on the circumstances on the island and slowly accepts the concept that the boys have conceive this monstrous attribute within them. Originally the beast was a physical outwardly monster that the boys dread for fear but transitions to a metaphoric imagery for Jack to obtain control and power over the boys. Now Simon see's the beast for what it really is and learns that the beast was never a physical existing monster, but it was them all along. As Simon is exploring through the forest, he finds the pigs head and has an illusion of truth, " 'What are you doing out here all alone? Aren’t you afraid of me?”
Simon shook.
“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast.”
Simon’s mouth labored, brought forth audible words.
“Pig’s head on a stick.”
“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?”
The laughter shivered again.
“Come now,” said the Lord of the Flies. “Get back to the others and we’ll forget the whole thing.”
Simon’s head wobbled. His eyes were half closed as though he were imitating the obscene thing on the stick.
He knew that one of his times was coming on. The Lord of the Flies was expanding like a balloon.
“This is ridiculous. You know perfectly well you’ll only meet me down there—so don’t try to escape!' " The mentality of the beast along with the fear and evil that goes along with it, is all in their heads because the beast is morally apart of them. He now see's that evil lies within every human's blood and establishes that the savage within, drives ambitious among the boys to further excel the inner Satan figure all humans possess. Simon always felt the instinct that the boys are the beasts on the island but did not want to bring himself to believe that they came to the conclusion of corruption. All vestiges of civilization and innocence is on a very fine line because majority of the boys are drawn into temptation to become something inhuman because it is innate to
them. Eventually overtime, that fine line of civilization is completely lost because the beast within the boys overpowered any last shred of innocence and humanity they possessed by killing Simon. Simon is running towards the boys to reveal the truth about the beast, the boys mistaken Simon as the beast itself, "The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowed surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claw...Simon's ead body moved out toward the open sea." (Golding 153-152) The boys are so out of touch from humanity that they became murderous sociopaths and did not have any moral intensions or social conscience which led them to ignore the consequences of killing Simon. Prior from Simon running to inform the truth, the feast along with the ritual tribe dance compels the boys to become entirely different people who are willing to kill their own because they cannot contain what they've become. As soon as the bloodlust, brutal, and torturous killing is over, all of the boys, except for Ralph, have no remorse for the death of Simon and act as if it never gave any impact or affect on them. The death of Simon further displays the oppression and darkness that humans have within and further enhances the loss of innocence. The corruption of civilization transforms the boys to become the enemy they never intended to be; savages.