, theof
, successfully uses the idea of fear to usurp power.
In
chapter 5, Jack displays his intellect and deep understanding of the power fear
wields.
The thing isfear can't hurt you any more than a
dream.
Jack understands that fear is a figment of the
imagination with immense persuasive power. By controlling and manipulating the boys fear, Jack
can hold power over them and convince them to partake in actions they otherwise would outright
reject.
Later, in chapter 8, Jack directsto mount the dead pigs head on a
sharpened stick as an offering to the beast. The pigs head becomes the Lord of the
Flies.
In chapter 12, the final chapter, the idea of the sharpened stick
returns when Jack instructs Roger again.
Sharpen a stick
at both ends.
This quotation works twofold. First, the
assumption is thats head will be mounted on this stick, which reinforces the boys fear that Jack
is willing to hunt, murder, and display the severed head of his...
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