jack's weird obession

"Look! We've killed a pig-we stole up on them- we got in a circle-"
...
"You let the fire go out."
Jack checked, vaguely irritated by this irrelevance but too happy to let it worry him.
"We can light the fire again. you should have been with us, Ralph. we had a smashing time the twins got knocked over-"

This is from page 69 and its an excerpt from a conversation between Ralph and Jack. This quote shows that Jack is slowly becoming more obsessed and egotistical. The quote is mainly Jack being more focused on pigs than other problems like rescue. This shows his obsession with the killing of the pigs and making himself feel powerful. This self-absorbed move causes the rest of the group to not get rescued. If Jack and his hunters had kept the fire going like they were supposed to the whole island could have been rescued. This is just the beginning of Jack being more concerned about pigs and the odd satisfaction and power he gets from them. This quote marked the beginning of my worrying of Jack's relationship with pigs.

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  1. LandryNovember 26, 2017 at 1:51 PM

    You did a great job of connecting your passage to your thesis. Nice explanation of your thesis and research to back it up!

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  2. AddiNovember 27, 2017 at 9:04 AM

    I also noticed Jack's odd obsession. You did a good job finding evidence early on in the story.

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  3. Grace M's English 1 BlogNovember 28, 2017 at 6:03 AM

    Good job finding text evidence to back up your thesis. I think Jack's obsession with killing pigs will be a really cool paper.

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