In Lord of the Flies what does the naval officer see Jack as?

Answer 1

At the very end of the book, after Jack had accidentally set fire to the entire island in an attempt to hunt down and kill Ralph, Ralph staggered on to the beach pursued by the hunters and came face to face with a naval officer. A naval cutter and crew were hauled up on the beach. The officer asked what was going on and told Ralph that, "We saw your smoke." So the book ironically ended with the rescue of the remaining boys by a naval vessel which had been attracted by the same fire which had been lit in an attempt to kill one of those same boys.

Answer 2

A Naval officer arrived on the island at the end of the book, when his vessel was attracted to the island by the smoke generated which Jack accidentally set the entire island on fire in his attempt to hunt and kill Ralph.

Answer 3

The naval officer looked at Jack and saw, I quote... "A little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair and who carried the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist..."

Answer 4

Actually the officer resembles irony and naivety. He came onto the island by the fire Jack started to smoke Ralph out of the forest. This is ironic as Ralph was so concerned with keeping a signal fire but the wild and uncontrolled fire ends up saving them from killing each other. This is also ironic since the naval officer saves them from murdering each other, while he himself is engaged in an equal act of savagery- the war. The boys are so detached from the officer's world, they felt shocked at his arrival instead of rejoicing at their being saved. Ralph even cries from the Horror of savagery and inhumanity he had experienced on the island, for the death of his friend Piggy and for his "loss of innocence".

Answer 5

Jack is viewed upon as a little boy who is essentially running for his life, fearful of his fellow boys.