Lord Of The Flies Point Of View Analysis

This section of text comes in the close aftermath of Jack’s first successful hunt.
This passage also offers a chance for an analyzation of the choice of point of view from Golding. Due to his choice to use third person omniscient, the reader is given a chance to go into the mind of a character besides Ralph, and in this case, Jack. The omniscient point of view really allows the reader to see the importance of this moment in Jack’s character’s change. The last part of the text, ‘taken away its life...drink’ shows one of the first steps in Jack’s sinking into savage behavior. He was previously unable to kill a pig he had been hunting, but now, after being faced with hunger, he is not just happy to have food but he is satisfied with the taking
of the animal’s life. There are many other hints into the primal behavior that Jack is now falling into. Firstly, his satisfaction comes despite the fact he is closing in on the ‘struggling’, dying animal. This ability to remain satisfied with oneself after seeing a fading animal shows to the reader that Jack has an obvious bloodlust. The author’s diction here also reveals that the group is headed away from the civility and order they came to the island with. The phrases, ‘outwitted a living thing’ and ‘imposed their will’ both imply Jack’s feeling of power and superiority over the pig that is crowding his minded with enjoyment to the point that he cannot think of anything else.