When his glasses were broken by Jack’s posse, it symbolizes Jack’s loss of his ability to reason. They needed the glasses to start fires for rescue and for cooking. This coincides with Hobbes’ state of nature. According to Hobbes, people will abandon reason and become more savage-like. This becomes more evident as the movie progresses. Another example of Jack’s loss of morals is when Simon is killed by accident in the dark. His group thought it was the monster, when it was actually a member of his group. Jack showed no remorse. The day after this event, he raided Piggy and Ralph’s camp and selfishly stole Piggy’s glasses and wrecked their camp. Jack insisted that his tribe refer to him as,
When his glasses were broken by Jack’s posse, it symbolizes Jack’s loss of his ability to reason. They needed the glasses to start fires for rescue and for cooking. This coincides with Hobbes’ state of nature. According to Hobbes, people will abandon reason and become more savage-like. This becomes more evident as the movie progresses. Another example of Jack’s loss of morals is when Simon is killed by accident in the dark. His group thought it was the monster, when it was actually a member of his group. Jack showed no remorse. The day after this event, he raided Piggy and Ralph’s camp and selfishly stole Piggy’s glasses and wrecked their camp. Jack insisted that his tribe refer to him as,