How Does The Mask Change Jack's Behavior

In the online dictionary, masks are described as being “a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one’s identity”. Andrew Lloyd Webber utilizes masks in The Phantom of the Opera, in such a way that really captivates the viewers and helps to highlight and hide certain aspects. Not only does he use the mask to shield the Phantom’s deformation, he also shows what kind of person the Phantom is with and without the mask, including his behaviour, and actions towards others.

Golding utilizes symbolism of the mask to depict Jack’s growing savagery attitude toward the population and denial of civilization. “The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” According to the text, it is fair to say that the mask is a representation of evil and Jack’s denial of morality and civilization. “I cut the pig’s throat…There was lashing of blood”. As someone who was hesitant in even stabbing a pig, now vividly describes the gruesome steps he took to slaughter a pig after putting on the mask. In normal contexts, masks would be used for camouflaging purposes. However, in this context, the mask uncovers the savagery within Jack. This is proven in the book because only after he

This mask depicts Jack’s identity from the book Lord of the Flies. Starting from the bottom of the mask, there is a quote from Jack which is one of the last things he says before leaving Ralph’s group: “I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you”. This quote is significant to Jack because not only does it show the end of the impact on Jack that the tamed and edified society Ralph has developed, it shows how childish he is. Before Jack says this, he puts Ralph’s conch on the grass in front of him and cries.

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Goulding, body paint is used by the boys to not just appear as something else, but to completely transform into something else. “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling. He capered towards Bill and the mask was a thing of its own, behind which Jack his, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” With Jacks face paint on, he leaves civilization and becomes savage. The mask hides his insecurities and gives him self-confidence and power. Without the mask, Jack would most likely not participate in these behaviors since he tends to be blushing underneath it, but since nobody sees how he reacts when the mask is on, he continues to act like this. The three colours that he used

Though only a year or two has passed, it is plausible. Jack uses everything he has learned in the war to help his town thrive. Not knowing the real Jack, created a positive view of the imposter Jack. The imposter Jack's "change" of heart, became his weakness.

Jack is aggressive with the other boys on the island. Jack is aggressive with the boys when he gets mad. The hunters “drove Jack to violence.” Jack then “took a step, and able at last to hit someone, struck his fist into Piggy’s stomach” (Golding 71). Jack was mad at the hunters, so he took it out on Piggy. Robert says Jack is “going to beat Wilfred.” The boys have no idea what for. Robert says Jack, “got angry and made us tie up Wilfred up for no reason just because he got angry. Jack did the same thing with Piggy.

In the beginning of the novel, Jack’s mask represents hiding from himself and to hide from the responsibility of the real world. Jack is standing over the water when he begins to create the mask out of different colors of charcoal. Once he creates his mask, he sees himself in the reflection of the water, “he began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling. He capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid liberated from shame and self-consciousness” (Golding 64). He becomes a different person and hides from his true self. A sense of anonymity arises to help relieve

In the Novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee uses the characters Mrs. Dubose, Mr. Dolphus Raymond, and Tom Robinson to show the many ways that deceptive appearance can be seen. If it is the individual who puts up a mask, one’s personality, or past stereotypes that cause deceptive appearances: Lee tries to show you throughout the novel how perceiving someone before they get the chance to show you who they are, often turns out they are not as bad or they are not like how they once seemed to be. Today in our society many people are afraid to show who they are in fear of judgment of others so they put up a front so that they will be judge that part of them instead of that part of their true selves. Society’s eyes is the cause of the need to be a false image of yourself and the reason why people analyze someone based on stereotypes before getting to know their

The conflicts that change people the most are both things that you struggle with either against yourself or against other people. In the book Lord of the Flies, being stranded on an Island is very difficult for a number reasons. Not the harshness of the island, but things about who you are. On the island, if you don’t defeat yourself, then the island will most definitely defeat you, like what happen to Jack.

Jack is the first character to don body paint, giving into the temptation of setting the inner beast free. During the duration of Jack's juncture on the island, his grip on society’s rules fades away, and he gives into the desire of acting on every impulse. Before wearing a mask, Roger sees Jack in the distance in a very different light: “When Roger opened his eyes and saw him, a darker shadow crept beneath the swarthiness of his skin; but Jack noticed nothing” (Golding 62). Underneath

Their masks hide the evil dwelling within their innocent souls, waiting to be set free. It emits human personalities and behaviors, allowing it to be impenetrable by visual perception. With these masks as a cover, Jack and his tribe members interact nicely; chaos rips through their society when they allowed their masks to fall off throughout many sequences of events.

These masks, which are used by Jacks followers called ‘the hunters,’ are made of clay paint. The evilness of the boys is clearly shown when they wear the masks. It is almost as if an infectious disease is spread upon them; they lose all sense of civilization. After Jack paints the mask on his face for the first time, it is clear what it does to him. “He began to dance and his laughter became a blood thirsty snarling. “He capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing of its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” (Golding 64). This not only shows the cruelty of the mask, but it also shows how it opens Jack into the world of being a savage. Also, Golding mentions the colors of Jack’s first mask as being Red, White, and Black. These colors symbolize “violence, terror, and evil.” (Golding).

Jack's violence that had once been simply part of his disguise, seems to have become a part of him. And it seems to be something that Jack enjoys too much, somewhat like a psychopath. “Robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy. Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife.” “Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands.” Jack's original plan of creating a new personality for himself seems to have gone to his head. And the psychopath within him has come alive.

Consequently, he uses the need of meat to rationalize his savage behavior, although there is an abundance of fresh fruit. The need for this excuse is obviated when Jack starts to apply a mask of paint in order to liberate himself from "shame and self-consciousness" (64). Moreover, this self-deception enables him to become an "awesome stranger" (63), capable of wholly abandoning any sense of morality or ethics.

Everyone uses masks to free them to do, say or act in a manner that they normally wouldn’t. People use them all the time, whether it is just changing to treat someone a certain way or just needing to be a different way to make a situation better, but can also be used in harmful ways that can be used to compel violence. Masks manipulate us to hide from our true selves, they will make the one who wears one inferior to all others. In the story, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the world is in the middle of the biggest war ever, the power of masks and anonymity throughout this time period establish the terror. They put on these masks to give them the freedom to commit terrorizing acts and have no shame, alike with how William Golding allowed his characters have their power over the others. Golding had his characters apply paint to their faces which then altered the boy's mindset to act in a detrimental way. The mindset these boys obtain leads to many cruel parts in the story, including the killing of other boys on the island. This demonstrates the effect and power of being anonymous that is provided to these blood-thirsty boys. Before Jack and the boys used their masks to release their inner-savage, they were civilized, but having anonymity enables them to kill, not only pigs but other boys.