Why is Jack unable to kill the pig in Lord of the Flies by William Golding?

Perhaps, it is
less a question of 's being from a civilized society and more his socio-economic class that
prevents his killing the pig. For, there are many civilized people who slaughter livestock such
as pigs, cattle, and chickens. Farmers. ranchers, shepherds, etc. and their sons have killed
animals, sometimes out of mercy and sometimes for food as have hunters who shoot wild boar, elk,
deer, etc. But, judging from the choir uniforms and the group of all boys, Jack and the others
have most likely attended a rather exclusive school and are probably residents of higher-level
neighborhoods in urban areas. And, in all fairness to Jack, shooting an animal, or even killing
one penned or tied is, indeed, different from impaling one with a spear as it charges by as
there is also the element of surprise in this venture. However, as already mentioned, as Jack
sheds his black cape and reverts to a creature closer to the earth himself and experiences
hunger for meat, his qualms about non-essentials disappear.