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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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What conclusion does jack react about the pig?
Jack reacts to the pig with a mix of excitement and a primal sense of dominance. The hunt represents not just a means of sustenance but also a way for him to assert power and control over the group. His obsession with killing the pig symbolizes a descent into savagery and the loss of civilization among the boys. Ultimately, the pig becomes a totem of his growing ruthlessness and desire for authority.
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What does jack promise regarding not killing the piglet in lord of the flies?
Jack promises not to kill the piglet but make a spear to hunt and kill a real pig instead. Despite his promise, he ends up killing the piglet when the opportunity arises.
Why wasn't jack able to stab the piglet at the end of chapter 2?
Jack hesitated to kill the piglet because he was not used to the idea of taking a life. He was still conflicted by moral values and societal norms. Additionally, the innocence of the piglet and the emotional impact of killing it made Jack hesitant to follow through with the act.
How did the boys attitude changed towards killing?
At the end of chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Jack understandably hesitated at the prospect of plunging his sheath knife into the flesh of a terrified, squealing piglet. The piglet escaped. Jack was embarrassed by his failure to kill the piglet and vowed that next time he would do it. The first presumed death was of the littlun with the mulberry coloured birth mark on his face, his death was entirely due to negligence and seemed to cause some shame and guilt on the part of the boys. Eventually Jack and his hunters hunted and killed a pig. Later still, when Jack and his hunters killed a sow, Jack 'flinked' his hunters with the sow's blood and rubbed his blood covered hands on Maurice's cheeks. All the boys simply found it amusing and exciting to kill a pig. After the death of Simon Ralph was filled with remorse. Piggy tried to lay part of the blame on Simon himself and the twins tried to pretend it had never happened. Jack however simply shrugged the episode off as something of little or no importance. Similarly, although Jack hadn't authorised the killing of Piggy, he claimed responsibility and then deliberately tried to kill Ralph. At the end of the book killing by negligence and then killing for food had evolved, via killing for excitement, through killing by mistake and killing almost casually, to deliberate premeditated hunting of Ralph with the full intention of killing him and mounting his head on a stake.
Why doesnt jack kill the trapped piglet?
Jack doesn't kill the trapped piglet because he wants to continue hunting and believes that a live pig would provide more excitement and challenge. Additionally, Jack may not see the trapped piglet as a worthy target for his aggression.
In Lord of the Flies what takes place when Jack Ralph and Simon find a piglet caught in the brush and what effect does the encounter have on Jack?
Jack draws his knife, apparently intending to kill the piglet. But, crucially he hesitates and the piglet struggles free and escape. Seeing the questioning look on the faces of Ralph and Simon Jack explains that he was choosing a spot to stab the piglet. In reality the enormity of actually plunging a knife into a squealing terrified animal caused him, quite understandably, to hesitate Jack however is ashamed that the others might think that he is weak and makes a point of stressing that next time he won't hesitate
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Why does the piglet trapped in the creeper vines escape in lord of the flies?
Jack does not kill the piglet in chapter one because he is just a boy. He was the head boy in a choir, he probably came from a priviledged background, and had never had to kill anything before in his life. It is one thing to say "I will a pig" but it is another thing entirely to stab a squealing terrified young animal to death, to feel the knife slicing through living flesh. It is hardly surprising that in those circumstances Jack baulked and failed to stab the piglet. Because of this understandable hesitation on Jack's part the piglet's frantic struggling frees it from the creepers and it then escape.
Why does Jack hesitate when he lifts his knife to kill the piglet and what does he promise will happen next time he meets a pig?
Jack hesitates because, although it is easy to say that you will kill something, as a well brought up schoolboy he has never before been faced with the prospect of plunging a knife into living flesh. The terrified squealling of the piglet and the thought of actually taking its life caused Jack to hessitate and the piglet managed to escape. Jack later said, to quote directly from the book, "I was choosing a place. Next time----!" He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next time there would be no mercy.
Why does jack get so much pleasure from killing the pig?
Jack gets so much pleasure from killing the pig because the he gets to eat it.
What happens when jack comes upon the piglet in the creepers?
jack uses his instincts and sees the fresh dropping from the pig.
What effect does the pig hunt and kill have on Jack and the hunters?
Jack draws his knife, apparently intending to kill the piglet. But, crucially he hesitates and the piglet struggles free and escape. Seeing the questioning look on the faces of Ralph and Simon Jack explains that he was choosing a spot to stab the piglet. In reality the enormity of actually plunging a knife into a squealing terrified animal caused him, quite understandably, to hesitate Jack however is ashamed that the others might think that he is weak and makes a point of stressing that next time he won't hesitate
