Plot: Hunting

As the lack of rescue starts to frustrate the group, the hunger for meat becomes an overriding obsession, particularly for Jack.
Golding increasingly presents Jack as a hunter and killer, showing a gradual decline of civilization among the boys.
Jack gathers a group who will hunt for meat, symbolising the onset of savagery and the regression into prehistoric ways.
Jack has his first successful hunt and kills a pig. This key event serves as a catalyst for his transformation into a totalitarian leader.
Jack and his hunters disregard their duty to keep the signal fire going in favor of hunting. The fire goes out, missing a potential chance for rescue.
Jack’s hunters chant “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”, emphasising the complete abandonment of civilised behaviour.
Jack breaks away from Ralph’s authority and establishes his own tribe of hunters, setting up a schism between civilization and savagery.
Jack and his hunters raid the huts for the fire’s embers, completely disregarding Ralph’s leadership and the rule of law.
The lure of hunting and the savagery it requires becomes a compelling narrative that most boys begin to follow, showing how easy it is to trade the demands of civilization for the allure of power and freedom.