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In chapter 1 of Lord of the Flies, Jack does not kill the pig with his knife because he's still innocent at this point in the book and cannot bear to actually cut into living flesh. However, as time proceeds, Jack adopts a much more savage personality.

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He tells the hunters that the beast that they killed was in disguise, and so he says they did kill it. In fact, the beast in disguise is actually Simon.

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he doesn't really know where to stab it, but he says that he'll kill the next pig he sees!

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Q: Why does jack say the boy didn't kill the beast?
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