Lord of the Flies-Jack exam questions and answers(verified for accuracy).

"His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness." Our first image created of Jack shows him to be serious and unpleasant. "Choir! Stand still!" Jack from the start has always been someone who enjoys power and being in control. The way he commands the choir shows us that he leads through creating fear and sharp discipline. "We'll have rules! Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks 'em" Jack breaks the rules while trying to enforce them. The basic rule on the island is that you can only speak when you have the conch, at this point Jack interrupts Ralph without holding the conch. The words "break em" shows us that Jack wishes to control people through violence. "i ought to be chief." The word choice of "ought" suggests something that should happen which further shows us the arrogance the Jack has about having power. Jack also uses the idea of violence impose power "the enormity of the knife descending into living flesh" Jack has never had to kill anything before and feels disturbed by the idea of blood. At the same time, they are aware that the "enormity" of killing will change them. The obsession of the pig releases the innate savagery within Jack. "He hurled the spear with all his strength". This is the same boy who was a head boy at school and at the start does not know how to make a fire. He has never had to kill anything before but shows us that he had the instinct to kill. "He'd never have got us meat" Jack prioritises killing over being rescued. He would much rather hunt and practice savagery than worry about keeping a signal fire to go back to a world where he has no control anymore. The boys enjoy Jack's form of leadership over Ralph's as it is more fun and they feel they have more freedom to behave how they like. "The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self consciousness." The mask Jack creates for himself allows to delve into his own world. This world allows him his own freedom and gives him the power to control and act how he wants rather than be suppressed by a society where he is just a boy. "We're not savages we're English." At the beginning of the novel Jack proclaims that the boys are superior and thus will not turn into "savages." This foreshadows their descent into savagery later on in the book. "His laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling." Jack behaves primitively. His persona changes and he no longer appears as the innocent choir boy but more like an animal who has gone into a blood frenzy.