In Lord of the Flies, Jack is the main representative of the instinct of savagery and the desire for power, to be precise, Jack is almost the exact opposite of Ralph. ... Jack is positive they will be fine as long as they follow the rules as "[they are] English, and the English are best at everything", he implies that they have to be well-mannered, even though he is the first one to give into his primal instincts (Golding 42). ... Jack is not cheerful due to the fact that he helped the group by getting meat, he is cheerful because killing the pig satisfied his primal instincts. ......

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If we are in a space where there are no rules, where there is no surveillance, there is only us, then all civility disappears, all morality, all inner instinct of kindness and respect slips away. ... Jack makes sure to differentiate between fear and the beast; an animal on the island. ... The breaking point comes when Jack believes Ralph not to be competent enough to be the leader, for he hasn't sold his soul just yet; he cannot hunt, he doesn't have that brutal, killer instinct that Jack does; " 'I cut the pig's throat', said Jack, proudly and yet twitched as he ...

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