Saturday 8 September 2012

In Lord of the Flies, how does Jack use meat in chapter 10 to manipulate the boys?

At the end of the previous chapter,led his group in murdering , their most vicious act
yet, signifying that any sense of order is gone. Some of the boys try to question this, and
effectively, question Jack's leadership: "How could wekillit?"

Jack
tells them the beast "disguised itself" and that "We'd better keep on the right
side of him, anyhow. You can't tell what he might do."

Immediately
after these words, he realizes that he's scared the group of boys, and a scared group will not
work in his favor. He draws them back to his side by doing what he does best: offering food.
Jack has built his entire leadership role...

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