Determine why Jack is rebelling against Ralph and the rules the boys have set up.

    In Lord of the Flies, Jack does not follow the other boys in the island or the rules that the boys have set up, because he wants to be a leader. It is is either his way or he will not participate, which does not help the boys who are trying to survive and get off the island. For example, when the fire went out and a ship passed by, there was no smoke to signal for the ship. Jack was not upset when he found out the boys had missed a chance to be rescued off the island. Instead, Jack is more focussed on on showing off the pig he finally captured and killed, with the help of the boys that should have been watching the fire. Jack did not thing about what would happen if the boys were not there to watch over the fire, instead he just wanted to prove his point that he could kill a pig instead of following the rule of keeping the fire burning at all times. Not only is Jack not up to following the rules the boys have set up, but he also has an obsession with hunting and killing the pig. When Ralph brought up that shelter needed to be built to comfort the younger boys from the Beastie, Jack did not listen to what Ralph had to say. "Bullocks to the rules! We're strong-we hunt! If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down! We'll close in and beat and beat and beat-!" (91). Jack does not care for anyone on the island except for himself. His main priority is to is to hunt and kill, not to survive and be rescued. In a way, Jack is trying to prove that he's better than Ralph just because he can hunt. He is not happy that Ralph is a leader, so instead of sitting back and listening like everyone else, he is deciding to rebel, which is starting to conflict with the boys and how they are trying to get off the island.