Jack Merridew is a normal boy who turns into a perfect savage. Jack is the leader of a group of kids called the choir. At the beginning of the novel we see the choir as “a creature” in the distance. When they arrive, Jack acts almost like a military sergeant “yelling” orders at them. The way Jack treats them resembles an army of authority and arrogance. With Jack so used to being in charge, when Ralph is elected leader his face has a "flush of mortification" and he doesn't like the decision. Jack is arrogant as when introduced to Ralph he insists on being called by his name "Merridew". Ralph has “blond hair” and ultimately has the greatest sense of decency while Jack has “red hair.” The connotation of red could associate Jack with the devil and evil, which is what he turns to as soon as he distances himself from the group. When Jack forms a new tribe, he loses his name: "Jack Merridew" to "Chief" after responsibility and power overtake his personality. Golding's intentions in "Lord of the Flies" were to expose the beast within every human being in a form of a novel. He did this by setting a group of children alone and then exposing the evil they were capable of through the characters. Golding also questions civilization itself, against savagery. The reason he put the children on the island was to show that if children were filled with the fuel to hunt and the desire to kill, then what would a grown man do. Through the ferocity of the island, it is shown that man by nature has a terrible potential for death, a force so great that it can cause chaos. This is shown through the island being set on fire by Jack. Furthermore, the novel “Lord of the Flies” was written after the events that occurred during World War II. His i... middle of paper... pig keeps talking about it even though everyone knows what happened. This foreshadows Simon's death, when he stumbles into the circle with Jack full of adrenaline. An event that foreshadows both deaths is Roger's ability to show cruelty. Roger shows cruelty from the beginning of the novel by going through the "little ones" sandcastles and helping Jack kill the sow. This foreshadows the deaths as Roger played a role in the murder of both children. To conclude the meaning of the deaths in the novel shows how humans have the capacity for violence and that children are capable of inhumane things. Golding's intention was to show that there is a beast inside every human being, but some choose to hide it. Golding prepares readers through the structure of the novel, using different types of literary techniques and foreshadowing.