Jack represents unbridled savagery and the desire for power.
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∙ 13y agoJack represents the defects of human nature that lead to the downfall of the boys on the island, savagery.
Ralph is the leader. Jack is the antagonist and rebel . Simon is the Jesus archetype.
In lord of the flies, ben is a follower of jack...or a choir boy.
jack and Ralph or foils. jack is savage and violent, interested in killing and feasts Ralph is calm and represent civility and order, interseted in being rescued and maintaining order
The FLIES are a representation of the evil and decay that exists in all humanity. Flies live on death, the flies do not care who of what you were, their job is to clean up the mess left behind. The flies also represent the boys, who are drawn to the evil that Jack represents just as the real flies are draw to the pig's head on the stick, which was an offering to the beast.
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Jack represents the defects of human nature that lead to the downfall of the boys on the island, savagery.
Ralph is the leader. Jack is the antagonist and rebel . Simon is the Jesus archetype.
Jack could represent the pig's head, and the flies could represent Jack's followers, how they are practically "swarming" around him.
Jack is jealous.
He has a knife
In lord of the flies, ben is a follower of jack...or a choir boy.
Piggy does not dance at Jack's first feast in lord of the flies.
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The flies itself do not represent much but that off rotting or decay (from the pig's head). But the flies in the phrase "lord of the flies" do have a meaning. "Lord of the Flies" is translated in the Bible as Beelzebub, or the devil. Also, Simon was not evil, he was the "Jesus" figure in the story.
Jack never died
It is the pig's head cut off by jack, transformed from a loving pig to a creepy horror. The flies were buzzing around the head, making the pigs head the Lord of the Flies. In other interpretations, Jack is considered to be the Lord of the Flies. The beast is also thought to be the Lord of the Flies.