Lord of the Flies

After a few weeks on the island—indicated in how Jack’s hair is longer and how huts have been erected along the beach—Jack is obsessed with killing a pig. He follows the trails through the jungle with a spear, naked and tanned under the tropic sun. After flinging his spear and missing a pig, he walks back to the beach, where Ralph is trying to erect a shelter. Ralph remarks that he has no help, and Jack relates that he is frustrated because he wants meat. What’s more, he wants to kill. When Ralph points out Jack’s failure, Jack becomes angry.When Jack points out that Ralph hasn’t been successful in providing shelter, Ralph in turn becomes angry at Jack. Both agree the other boys are no help—they hold a meeting, and everyone promises to work hard, but five minutes after the meeting each child runs off on his own, to play or eat or swim. After Jack and Ralph give up their hunting and shelter-building for the evening and join the other children in play, Simon sneaks off into a private hole he found, where he watches the others.