Jack's Fight For Power In Lord Of The Flies

During chapters 9-12, Ralph and Jack reach their utter desperation point which results in them trying to kill each other to again their pride and power back. Towards the end of the book Jack became extremely dangerous and aggressive due to the lack of civilization. "Jack made a rush and stabbed Ralph's chest with his spear," (Pg 177). Throughout the fight for pride and power at the end of the book, Jack is determined to prove his strength and bravery by trying to kill Ralph. I believe he does this for two reasons; because of his utter hate and disregard for Ralph and how he treated him like a child and how he needed to prove that Ralph was weak to the other boys on the island. The lack of rules, orders and regulations caused Jack to think there were no laws to
The fact that everyone is either dead or mentally unstable leaves him asking himself what he could've done differently to yield different and better results. Lastly the fact that not all the boys will go back to their families devastates him deeply. Jack doesn't like to confer with others probably because of how he was treated previously in the book. "I don't know. He didn't say. He got angry and made us tie Wilfred up," (Pg 159). At the beginning of the book Jack would talk and confer about his ideas and what he was thinking about. But now at the end of the book he is shut off all communications and leaves the presence of others. I believe this was caused by the way Ralph assumed power over him and did not let him make any decisions for the boys. This is another reason why. Jack became so upset with Ralph at the end of the book wanting to cut his head off, put it on a stick and feed it to the beast. Even though Ralph knows he is losing the fight, he continues to be arrogant and cocky. "I gave one of 'em what for, I smashed him up alright. He won't want to come and fight us again in a hurry," (Pg