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In chapter 3 of Lord of the Flies Jack says he could kill a pig if they could make what?
Jack claims he only needed barbs on the spear head to kill the pig. Jack is consumed with killing a pig, but is unable to do so.
Why is Jack unable to kill the pig?
Jack is unable to kill the pig, due to his fear of the squealing and blood that the pig would produce. Jack's inability to kill the pig is a symbolic example of the still existent human moral within the boys. Jack being unable to kill the pig shows he is hesitant to kill others, because he believes it is wrong.
Why do they put the pig's head on a stick?
The hunters put the pig's head on a stick because it is a type of gift to the "beast"
What does Jack do with the head of the pig in Lord of the Flies?
When Jack and his tribe kill the pig they stick the pigs head on a spear and put it in the clearing as an offering to "the beast". They do not know that the beast is actually a part of them and not a physical being.
What do Jack and his tribe do to the pig they kill?
Which pig, they kill more than one? One is killed on the day that fire on the mountain is allowed to go out. After the fire is re-lit they cook the pig and hand out the meat. Later on in the book they kill a sow and Jack leaves its guts and its head, mounted on a stick, as an offering to the beast. The carcass of the pig is cooked and the meat shared out during the same feast on the beach, where Simon is later killed. Near the end of the book, when Ralph, Samneric and Piggy go to castle Rock to demand the return of Piggy's glasses Jack and his hunters arrive with the body of another pig. Samneric pass some of its cooked meat to Ralph later that evening.
