Jack Merridew's Savagery

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Possession of savagery seems as if it had depleted the innocence within. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!” (pg. 152). The nature of the boys, charged and churned with pure vicious intentions, transformed them into that of an animal. Audible screams of ferocious delight implemented into their actions. “There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws,” (pg. 153). This behavior illustrated the break in their own individualities; at that moment they became when they had feared. They took the physical form of the beast that was found inside them. The mob mentality made them all the same, and for those that fueled the desire for the kill, it stuck. Jack Merridew took the role of a dictator on the frenzied island, directing the actions of his peers and the debate on whether or not…show more content…
We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things,” (pg. 42). His values and views kept close, despite his previous aggression, the sane sense was noticeable. However, after each event, that sensible idea faded away from him. He became corrupt, and his intense nature increased with each moment spent longer on the island. He lost his reason; his once sane ideas drained and became insignificant to him. He contradicted what he once stated, for rule and order. In the end, he ignored it all. When Ralph pointed out on his breaking of rules his response wasn’t to what his past self would have approve of; he did not care. His desire for the center of attention, and slave-like attributes from the boys made him lose his sense. He lost the idea of order that’s needed for survival. He cost himself, and all others that followed in his shadow, their chance for surviving. This idea put the children in quite a stressful
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