Jack Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

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In the novel Lord of The Flies, by William Golding, Golding portrays Jack as an animal to show how human nature can become savage without structure. For instance in this scene jack is covertly hunting for pigs as an animal of the forest. “Doglike uncomfortable on all fours…”(Golding 48). This quote helps illustrate how Jack is crouched down just like how a dog is which shows that the longer he stays on the island, the more like an animal he becomes. This shows how human nature is become savage without structure or society. In addition Jack is trying to find a pig and so he uses all his senses. “He passed his tongue across dry lips and scanned the uncommunicative forest”(Golding 48). This helps show how Jack is becoming more snake-like because