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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