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"Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Spill her blood!" the boys chants as they have finished theirfirst successful hunt (63). Hiding behind his painted mask and long hair, Jack was able to take the life of a living creature and for thefirst time showing that these perfect little school boys in William Golding's Lord of the Flies in the right circumstances could turn into the fiercest of savages.
From the beginning of this novel, Jack has minimal power and is thirsty for more. When the boys in chapter one all meet and hold theirfirst assembly, Jack makes it clear that he wants to be in charge. "I ought to be chief, because I am chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp."(page #) Once the boys have a vote and the outcome has come in favor of Ralph who quickly assigns Jack as the leader of their "army," their hunters. Not long after being named the leader of the hunters, Jack comes across hisfirst prey. It is a little piglet, which was caught in a curtain of creepers. He inches up to it and raises his arm preparing to kill the pig and quench their hunger, but instead he realizes the consequence of descending the knife into the pig. He can't bear to cut into the skin of a living creature and is not be able to stand the sight of the blood. Jack, who was clean-cut and pure, was unable to kill the pig. He is still too civilized to take the life of a living creature.
Later on in chapter five is where Jack and his fellow hunters begin to show major signs of them forgetting their beliefs and stopped thinking civilized thoughts. Once Jack has painted the clay and blood onto his face, it was like he and his hunters were transformed from civilized school boys to savages. He can hide behind that mask and pretend he really is a fierce hunter out to kill. Once he had put on his mask and had slit the throat of hisfirst pig, the "savageness" begins to take him over and push out all ration…