Just so you know before you read this, some of the ideas I portray in this essay I don't feel that strongly about. I use strong words, but it's just to be persuasive.

Death. This is the horrible consequence that was brought upon two characters in the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The degree of determination that one character was willing to commit to fulfill his selfish desires while inflicting embargo on other characters was unbelievable and inexcusable. This character was Jack Merridew. Jack did three things that come across as the most gargantuan mistakes that cast out the deathly demise of not one, but two characters. These three things were the neglect of his responsibilities; his tyrannical rage of a rant ultimately resulting in the splitting of the tribal relationship; and finally, the savage and barbaric influence that he slammed down like a lead anvil upon those loyal enough to join his conspiracy tribe. The pivotal and even mildly satanic character of Jack did immense amounts to forcibly drive everyone into a despair-like syndrome and even the quite severe state of amnesic confusion. The following will now go into detail concerning his decisions, creating the turning point in this classic novel.

Early on in this novel, Jack made a primary move towards his ultimate stage, involving being a poignant hunter and the merciless leader of his own tribe, neglecting his responsibilities. The first signs of his unfaithful abandon of his tribe begin in the fourth chapter. "There was a ship. Out there. You said you'd keep the fire going and you let it out! ... You and your hunting! We might have gone home!" (Golding 74). As previously stated, Ralph lectures Jack about his inability to keep the fire going; a task that is about as simple as it gets. However, Jack still doesn't seem to care all too much. "We needed meat," (Golding 75) was his only reply after Ralph's much-needed lecture. This is one example of his impedimenta on other tribe members. A fire giving off smoke on an immubilous day would have signaled a ship or a passing aircraft, which, in turn, would have sky-rocketed their chances of being rescued. Of course, being Jack, his absent conscience obliged him to make matters worse.

In chapter eight, Jack commits his second dirty deed that ends up separating and greatly weakening the tribe. It all begins with Jack and his hunting choir coming back with no meat as they were trying to hunt the beast instead of getting food for the tribe. Ralph, Jack, and Piggy were talking to each other, and Ralph was getting irritated by Jack's slanderous, derogatory, and disparaging attitude. Ralph made a statement about Jack and his hunters that finally punctured the debilitated tolerance in Ralph's mind. "Boys armed with sticks," (Golding 137) Ralph said about the hunters. At this moment, Jack stormed out of Ralph and Piggy's sight and called an assembly by blowing the conch; a responsibility that was to lie only with Ralph. With this, Jack catechized Ralph's position of tribal leader. "Who thinks Ralph oughtn't to be chief?" (Golding 139). At this point, the tribe is taciturn. Originally, Jack's plan was to overthrow Ralph from chief of the tribe, and to reinstate himself. Subsequently, this did not work as he plotted. He then transpires to his last resort, splitting the tribe in two uneven parts. By doing this, he takes a lot of power away from Ralph, but even so, he does not completely diminish it as he planned to do primarily. Without Jack, Ralph loses a lot of necessities such as and experienced hunter, but the assets spared and gained greatly outweigh the ones lost with the abandon of Jack. Assets such as Piggy's good ideas finally get though to Ralph, which ultimately trigger their rescue, none of which would have been possible if Jack had have become the chief. With this event, Ralph is not hurt as much as the intentions of Jack would have inflicted. As the novel progresses, Jack lambastes Ralph with two knockout blows in chapter nine and again in chapter eleven. Of course, they are the deaths of Simon and Piggy.

Two deaths take place in the final stages of the book. At the end of chapter nine, Simon stumbles out of the jungle to tell the others that the beast they thought they saw was actually a dead pilot that was shot down above the island. The boorish influence that Jack had subjected towards the boys that joined his new-born tribe made its first major appearance during this particular episode. The boys are taking part in their violent beast dance at the moment that Simon comes out of the jungle. The influence now takes over the minds of the boys and possesses their bodies. Simon then suffers an onslaught of spears and rocks that dig deep gashes in his skin and pierces his flesh, temporarily paralyzing him and superlatively resulting in his death. "Kill the beast, cut his throat, spill his blood," (Golding 168). The previous quote were the last words that Simon heard before Jack's deathly ascendancy. Secondly, in chapter eleven, Ralph confronts Jack as a result of his raiding, stealing more fire, and Piggy's spectacles to boot. All the while, Piggy was trying to calm them all while being rained on by a barrage of rocks and stones thrown by Roger. It all reached a breaking point when Roger decided to push a large boulder off of the cliff where he was perched, straight down onto Piggy's head, killing him. This is the kind of influence that Jack was willing to bestow upon them all to achieve his selfish wants.

This book is a perfect example of what certain affairs can become like when there is no order, rules or civilization. Without any of this, there is chaos; this is why every country in the world has some type of government accompanied with laws to follow. It is why, if you do not obey the laws instated, you are punished. In this book, there were no rules, ergo, chaos. Neglecting responsibilities is no better. If you neglect responsibilities in any kind of occupation you take part in to make a living, odds are you will get fired. Influence can also drive group of people into insanity. It is why you must do your best to avoid bad influences from your peers, and know how to tell the difference between good and bad influences. If you fail to follow any of these examples, maybe, just maybe, you will bring your untimely demise upon yourself.