Essay Archive - Lord of the Flies; Jack is A Devil
Lord of the Flies; Jack is A Devil
Jack, leader of a group of choirboys and ultimately chief of the
hunters, is Ralph's principal antagonist. Described as having a full head
of red hair, wearing a black cloak and bullying his way through the boys,
his role as a villain is fairly clear from the beginning. Jack is
destined to be the primary cause of destruction on the island; however, he
is not presented as a one-dimensional monster. Golding forges a more
complex and subsequently more credible character than that. Jack does,
for instance, feel some regrets for the blood on his hands. But before
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