Character Sketch on Jack Merridew from Lord of the Flies :: essays research papers

dump get-go appears in Chapter 1 on page 15 after Ralph had short-winded the conch. He appears at premier(prenominal) to be a terrifying and stalk figure in the office he dresses, a long sweeping black cloak, from a distance looking like a sham character. Jack is introduced as darkness and shadow, Within the diamond haze of the shore something dark was fumbling along... the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and then they maxim that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The word picture Ralph sees is actually Jack and his sing male childs. When they are first introduced, the heat of the tropics, the descent, the try for food, and now this sweaty march along the blazing beach had given them the complexions of saucily washed plums.Jack wore a long black cloak which sap a long silvery cross on the left dumbbell and each neck was finished off with hamb unrivaled frill. Each choir boy also wore a square black cap with a silver badge on it but J acks badge was golden. Jack is tall, thin, and bony his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was...freckled, and undeserving with proscribed silliness... . His eyes were bright blue and were ready turned to anger if necessary. He held himself upright and moved athletically and with authority.The first thing Jack says when he meets up with Ralph, Piggy and the other crowd of boys is, Wheres the man with the trumpet? The way in which he says this shows his contempt for the other children on the island. At this foreshadow he only cares about himself, his own reactions to changes and his own feelings. This is visible through his none existent interest towards the boys. He disagrees with some of what is said, This was the voice of one who knew his own mind.He has a disdainful attitude towards the other boys including the choir but shows a grudging respect and a shy appetency for Ralph once Ralph is elected as leader and offers him continued control of the choir to be given w hich ever job Jack chooses. At first Jack doesnt seem satisfied that there isnt a man and wonders why Ralph has summoned everyone if there is no ship. He is put out because he isnt chief. He believes that Ralph isnt able to control the boys and thinks that he has his priorities all wrong- Ralph should be ordering people to go out capture instead of building huts and keeping fires going.