Lord Of The Flies

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usually associated with uncivilized people.
The first sign of disturbance within the seemingly tranquil island is the appearance of Jack and his choir. Golding portrays Jack and his compatriots as militaristic and aggressive, with Jack's bold manner and the choir marching in step with one another. They are the first concrete entrance of civilization onto the island and a decidedly negative one. Jack seems a physical manifestation of evil: with his dark cloak and wild red hair, he gives a slightly Satanic impression. Jack is a decided military authoritarian. He orders his choir as if they were troops, allowing room for neither discussion nor dissent. Significantly, the role that he first chooses for his choir is as hunters; he selects that task which is most violent and, in this society, most related to military values. However, as his inability to kill the pig demonstrates, Jack is not yet accustomed to violence. Golding indicates that Jack must prepare himself to commit a violent act, for he still constrained by societal rules that oppose this behavior; his authoritarian attitude has given him a predisposition to violence, but he must shed the lessons of society before he can kill.
The idea of naming is one of the first indications of an ordered society. For Piggy, there is a meaning in names, both as a communication tool and as a representation of one's person, as shown by his hatred of his own nickname.
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