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Jack's Destruction In Lord Of The Flies

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Genghis Khan was one of the most ruthless leaders of all time, but he didn’t kill and destroy 40 million people and the empire of Kiev with his own hands. It was because of his reign and influence. The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a bunch of boys who crash landed on an island and struggle to maintain order and have to survive without any rules or adult supervision. In the story, there are a few deaths and some destruction due to there being no civilization or rules. Most of the destruction is Jack’s fault. Although he didn’t directly kill someone or cause all the destruction, all of that was because of Jack’s reign and influence.
Jack has a done a lot of bad things including hurting people and burning down the forest. One of the things is that he does what he wants and ruining their chance for rescue. When Jack went hunting, he took the twins in charge of creating smoke for rescue. After Jack took the twins, a ship came nearby the island and went way because there was no smoke signal. When Jack comes back, Piggy criticizes Jack: "You and your blood, Jack Merridew! You and your hunting! …show more content…
During an argument on one of Jack’s fateful mistakes, Jack loses his temper and punches Piggy. “Piggy's glasses flew off and tinkled on the rocks” (Golding 54). One side of Piggy’s glasses broke. This was a very stupid thing that Jack did. The glasses were used to light the fire, and with one side broken, it will be harder to do so. And now with only one lens available, it will be hard for Piggy to see, which ultimately led to his death. The whole glasses incident and argument between Jack and Ralph was all due to Jack’s ignorance.
Most of the destruction and chaos that happened during their stay in the island is Jack’s fault, whether it was directly caused by him or not. People have died, have been hurt, and afraid of Jack because of his