Chen,+Sze+An

-Piggy is finally taking stance, relying on the conch, but the conch is no longer as powerful as before. Piggy is going forth to Jack to get his glasses back with the argument of "what's right's right".

-The fact that Piggy needs to be led when he is without glasses, this suggests how useless Piggy is

-The conch is described as 'magical' and 'fragile'. When Piggy dies, the conch dies with it (conch=demorcracy), there would be no more demorcracy on the island.

-Jack now has power and he knows it, with the power, he is able to do what he want and there are no consequences to his actions. Jack is more evil with the power than he was

Character Essay How does power shape Jack's character? //Essentially you are writing an essay about what Golding is suggesting about the nature of power through the character of Jack. I think that this can work very well, but you need to focus on the evidence in the text and stay focused -unless you can specifically connect the words used to describe the hunting with power, don't include it.//
 * In the beggining of the novel, when democracy ruled, Ralph was chosen chief by the boys instead of Jack, Jack was not happy and didn't like the powerless feeling, evident again when he failed to become the
 * Later on, Jack developed a liking for hunting, possibly because when he is hunting, he can prove himself worthy and he is allowed to do anything he wants; paint his face and kill the pig. Whereas back with the boys, he is constrained to somewhat a 'society' the boys had created.
 * Later in the novel, when Jack had control over the 'tribe of boys', he enjoyed it and the power made Jack more evil.
 * Lastly in the novel when the boys were found, and the officer asked who was boss, Jack was referred to as a nameless boy with red hair, who with the presence of an adult, did not dare to speak, shying away with the power being lost as the adult entered the island.