Why Does Jack Wear A Mask In Lord Of The Flies

Lord of the Flies: Research Paper

Every living thing is evil, some wear a “mask” for they do not want others to know their true side. In the novel “Lord of the Flies” one of the main characters Jack has to wear a disguise to kill the beast. “For hunting. Like in the war. You know--dazzle paint. Like things trying to look like something else--” (Golding 63). Jack becomes confident in showing his “savage” like side by wearing a disguise. When the choir boys first crash on the deserted island, Piggy, one of the main characters, demonstrated what a responsible adult would do in their circumstance. "Which is better- to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?" (Golding 180) this quote shows the sensibility that Piggy obtains. Then there’s Jack, who irresponsibly has the other boys playing without a care in the world as if they are not trapped on a deserted island . While the boys are playing he then tries to kill the beast first without a mask, but fails. The second time he put a mask on his determined face, as they have been on the island for a prolonged period; his attempt is a success, although he killed a pig with many

Our parents are the ones that need to teach us right from wrong. Richelle E. Goodrich once stated; “We try so hard to instruct our children in all the right things―teaching good from bad, explaining choices and consequences―when in reality most lessons are learned through observation and experience. Perhaps we'd be better off training our youth to be highly observant.” In other words, to teach what you may know. As Moses 6:55 states, “And the Lord spake unto Adam, saying: Inasmuch as thy children are conceived in sin, even so when they begin to grow, sin conceived in their hearts, and they taste the bitter, that they may know to prize the good.” Although we wear a mask there is still sin within us, for we have a tendency to choose wrong over