Characterization of Jack in Lord of the Flies

Jack’s aggressive nature and lack of concern for others causes him to act savagely and forget about his civilized nature. Jack expresses his impoliteness in saying, “Shut up, Fatty,”(21) to piggy. The island offers Jack the freedom to express his evil personality that he could not show living in his former society. At first Jack was not so courageous and aggressive when he failed to kill the first pig he had seen: “They knew very well why he hadn’t: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood,”(31). Even though at the beginning Jack did not have enough courage to kill the pig, he eventually loses his fear and begins to be obsessed with hunting and the thought of killing an animal. It is obvious that Jack had turned into a savage when he st...