Jack, leader of a group of choirboys and ultimately chief of the hunters, is Ralph's principal antagonist. Described as having a full head of red hair, wearing a black cloak and bullying his
way through the boys, his role as a villain is fairly clear from the beginning. Jack is destined to be the primary cause of destruction on the island; however, he is not presented as a one- dimensional monster.
Golding forges a more complex and subsequently more credible character than that.
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