Jack

• "I agree with Ralph. We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages" --> structured, ordered society; initial leadership
• is the novel's antagonist: he stands in opposition to Ralph

  is presented as:

  -violent --> is described as "slashing" his knife at the plants on the island in chapter one, Jack paints his face and immediately feels "liberated" from the social and moral conventions of society "the mask was a thing of its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness" --> this is a turning-point for Jack's character, as after this moment he becomes increasingly less inhibited to commit acts of violence
• Jack is presented as:

  -monomaniacal --> is obsessed with the idea of killing a pig: although he claims he is hunting to provide food, it is much more about a primal and savage desire to kill

  -individualistic --> furious when he's not elected chief

  -when Jack sets up his own tribe, he presents it as a chance for other boys to reject the rules, so that the boys have individual freedom. However, this freedom is totally illusory, because Jack has total authority on Castle Rock (authoritarian rule)