Jack



Jack is the antagonist of the book, and the leader of his tribe. Jack put himself up for leader at the beginning of the book, but was outdone by Ralph, who was elected chief. He later breaks away from the main group to form his own tribe.

In the beginning, Jack immediately begins a power struggle with Ralph. At first, his efforts are resisted by the rest of the boys (except the Hunters, of whom he is in charge of). However, disagreements are made between the two leaders, and tensions rise. Eventually, Jack breaks away from the group along with two others (Roger included), and forms his own tribe, luring other children in with the promise of a feast. He and his tribe begin performing bizarre rituals, during one of which Simon is killed. Soon after, they raid Ralph's camp and take Piggy's glasses, the only means of starting a fire on the island. With them, his tribe goes out on a manhunt for Ralph, which ends in everyone standing before a Naval Officer, who had come to rescue them.

Jack is charismatic, but cruel as well. At the beginning of the book, one might consider him to be normal, but by the end, he is a savage.