Lord of the Flies By William Golding Jack and Rogers sprial into Savagery

" "You don't know Roger. He's a terror." "And the chief-they're both-" "-terrors-" "-only Roger-" (189; Ch. 12). As Lord of the Flies races to its conclusion Jack and Roger have become the dread the boys fear, but cannot escape. Cruel and sadistic these two boys do as they please, torturing children and hunting a fellow boy, the price of their humanity they gladly pay. At the beginning of the novel, a reader would think Jack and Roger …

…of time must pass before they show their true selves. Jack and Roger started out completely innocent, they were willing to help and be friendly, but the darkness of man's heart showed through and the boys would never be the same again. From a perfect island setting comes forth the corrupt man and like the burning fire at the end of the novel the boys souls will forever be devastated. <Tab/>