Behaves benevolently to theyounger children

The other boys are conditionedto be good

Even Piggy and Ralph take partin the hunt

Symbolised by the conversationbetween Simon and the sow'shead

"'Maybe there is a beast....maybeit's only us.'"

"'You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close,close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Whythings are what they are?'"

Simon represents the idea ofessential human goodness

Simon's murder suggests an abundance ofhuman evil and a scarcity of humangoodness

"Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted overhis hands. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavyand fulfilled upon her. The butterflies still danced,preoccupied in the center of the clearing."

A symbol of weakness to Jack

Indicates that science andintelligence bring progress

Piggy understands there are no"ghosts"

Piggy attempts to condition the island society to

mirror the society they all lived in in England.

"How can you expect to be rescued if youdon’t put first things first and actproper?"

"What could be safer than the buscentre with its lamps and wheels?"

Piggy's death leaves Ralph alone he must makes his own decisionsnow

It also exposes to Ralph the crueltyof nature, and "man's essentialillness"

Contrast with the red and blackappearance of Jack (the devil)

“this proffer of acquaintancewas not made.”

“We’ll have to have ‘Hands up’like at school.”

This marks the dissolution of hiscooperation with Jack

Leads to closer bond with Piggy

Sign of Ralph maturing understanding the concerns of adultsand society

“I’m chief. I’ll go.”

“Ralph leaned against a tree and atonce the daydreams came swarmingup.”

“The breaking of the conch and the deaths ofPiggy and Simon lay over the island like a vapour.These painted savages would go further andfurther.”

“we won’t be painted becausewe aren’t savages”.

These rules are adhered to atthe beginning

Despite these rules, Jack was also given aposition of power at school as leader of thechoir

"'We musn't let anything happento Piggy, must we?'

He is furious when he loses theelection

Pushes the boundaries of the rules

Uses Ralph's similarity with theweak Piggy against him

Suggests he was still governedby the civilised rules he hadlearned

Overcomes his civilisation bywearing warpaint

The overwhelming emotion Jack and his huntershave to "kill the pig" is an indirect metaphor tosuggest the boys are also killing a part of Piggy.

He tried to convey the compulsion totrack down and kill that was swallowinghim up.

The boys largely follow Jack'slead and ignore their moralrestraints

The authority he has makes himfeel powerful

The beast is a hunter... wecouldn't kill it.