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Post by stewarts on Feb 2, 2015 0:29:26 GMT
Why does Jack not kill the piglet, when he had the opportunity? Jack has the opportunity to kill a pig that has been trapped by the creepers and undergrowth so he unsheathes his blade and raises it ready to strike. ralph and simon wait for the blade to come down but jack pauses and the pig escapes. He says that he was choosing a place to strike and that he'll get it next time. Jack didn't stab it because he didn't want to cut into living flesh and that the blood would be unbearable. This shows that although he has a tough exterior and acts somewhat like a strong leader he is still just a boy. I agree, Jack is still young and needs maturing, and that could come later in the book. |
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Post by kayleewilliams on Feb 2, 2015 0:33:22 GMT
Why does Jack not kill the piglet, when he had the opportunity? Jack did not kill the piglet because he feared the blood that would come with it. He knew it would be unbearable. However, he said to Ralph and Simon that he hesitated because he was 'choosing a place' to kill the piglet, even though he later revealed that he knew the perfect place - to slice it's throat, allowing the blood to flow out, making the meat edible. |
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Post by lilyklunyk on Feb 2, 2015 4:46:05 GMT
As soon as the boys saw the pig, Jack was the one who rushed forward to kill it. He wants to seem grown up and strong, but in reality he is still a young boy. Jack paused because he realised that he was going to kill a living thing and he probably couldn't handle it. He made up the excuse of deciding where to cut the pig because he was embarrassed and he knew that Simon and Ralph saw through his tough exterior for a moment.
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Post by jemimareid on Feb 2, 2015 9:59:22 GMT
Why does Jack not kill the piglet, when he had the opportunity? Jack doesn’t kill the piglet because he would have had to kill the piglet. Killing would have never come close to his daily agenda and therefore his conscience told him it wasn’t right. Afterwards, he felt ashamed because his ego told him that it depleted the masculinity he was trying to show. So he made up for it by spouting his knowledge about where to cut it and why, to justify his hesitation. The truth was, that being not yet and adult and coming from the background we can establish from his “C sharp” claims, I would doubt that he has ever seen an animal killed. Ever. |
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Post by jemimareid on Feb 2, 2015 10:01:14 GMT
Why does Jack not kill the piglet, when he had the opportunity? Jack did not kill the piglet because he feared the blood that would come with it. He knew it would be unbearable. However, he said to Ralph and Simon that he hesitated because he was 'choosing a place' to kill the piglet, even though he later revealed that he knew the perfect place - to slice it's throat, allowing the blood to flow out, making the meat edible. I agree but I also think that Jack may have made up that information to "excuse" what he sees as unmanly behaviour. |
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Post by lindadate on Feb 4, 2015 7:16:37 GMT
Jack has the trapped piglet at his mercy, yet he still hesitates to kill it. Why? I think that although Jack tries to portray himself as a tough hunter, he is still just a boy inside, and not yet ready to take the life of a living creature, even if it is for food. However, the humiliation of not being able to do it in front of the other boys makes him determined to kill a pig next time to avoid losing face again.
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Post by emilyhadzalic on Feb 11, 2015 11:34:14 GMT
Why does Jack not kill the piglet, when he had the opportunity? Jack has the opportunity to kill the piglet while it is trapped in the undergrowth however he is unable to. He says to the other boys, 'I was choosing a place' when the piglet escaped and ran away. Jack was scared and didn't want to cut into living flesh and the other boys knew the blood would be unbearable. Jack wants to appear as a tough and strong man when really he is still a boy. He assures himself that he will kill it next time and that there will be no mercy as though he is disappointed in himself for not being capable of killing and embarrassing himself in front of other people. I agree that Jack was too scared to stab the pig. Jack's hesitance might also be representing that he still has some civilised nature left within him, and that he's not comfortable with the idea of killing something. The other boys may have also been secretly glad that Jack didn't kill the pig, even though Jack was ashamed with himself, because it was stated that they all thought that the blood would have been unbearable. |
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