How does Jack manipulate the myth of the beast to legitimize his authority?
Jack exploits the boys’ fear of the beast to usurp leadership from Ralph, who stresses a rational approach to the presumed evil presence on the island. Within Jack’s tribe, the beast continues to have a powerful symbolic and political significance among the boys, uniting them and ensuring their loyalty to Jack’s leadership. When Jack first attempts to break away from Ralph’s tribe, his authority is not recognized, but as the boys’ fear of the beast increases, an increasing number defect from Ralph’s group to Jack’s, where the existence of the beast is not only acknowledged but is a central fact of day-to-day life. • By Chapter Three, the boys are divided into two groups: the older boys and the younger boys or “littluns.” What role do the littluns have to play? Answer: Consider especially the distinction between savagery and civilization. What happens with the “littluns” registers the increasing brutality on the island. The earliest examples of violence in the novel are directed against
