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I think because he feels Jack is and probably will be a better leader than him. He feels if he criticizes him, he will feel better and appear that way to everyone else. Making him look the better leader.

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To show his dominance among them. To show leadership by beating him and setting everyone in place. Jack is basically like a dictator in the book, he is never wrong and always right and anyone who disagrees gets a the boot.

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The reason is never given. When Robert informs Roger that Jack is going to beat Wilfred. Roger asked, "What for?" Robert replies, "I don't know, he didn't say."

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there is no reason for his punishment. That shows that Roger and Jack hurt and torture for no reason.

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Because Jack is evil and violent, he did it for the fun of it

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To show his dominance over them

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12y ago

Wilfred is not a character

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