always has
a lust for power: he states at the beginning of the novel:
I ought to be chief, said Jack with simple arrogance, because Im chapter chorister
and head boy. I can sing C sharp.
He dislikes the idea of
an election and is angry and upset when the boys chooseas their leader:
Even the choir applauded; and the freckles on Jacks face disappeared
under a blush of mortification ...
Yet, significantly, at
this point Jack accepts the verdict of the group and acquiesces to Ralph's offer that he be head
of the former choir boys, which can now become a band of hunters. Jack is still living within
the confines of civilized life and conforming to a social order that runs by rules and
norms.
It is only later that Jack realizes he doesn't have to be obedient
and rule-bound on the island. He changes by allowing his id, or innermost desires, to take hold.
He does what he wants to do, which is to indulge in savagery. As he realizes this appeals to the
other boys' most...
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