Golding's "Lord of the Flies", emphasizes in the character Jack Merridew

        'The theme (of Lord of the Flies) is an attempt to trace the defects         of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the         shape of society must depend on the ethical mature of the individual         and not on any political system however apparently logical or         respectable.'                                                                         -- William Golding         In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack Merridew, chief of the hunters, represents the hidden human …

…the 'dark side', adding a mildly acrimonious taste that blended perfectly with the plot. Had he not been in the book, their would not be a sense of daunting of fear. He was the Brutus in Julius Caesar. He was a necessary evil.         Ironically, the same could be applied for Adolf Hitler, if it had not been for his twisted racial prejudices, could we truly have learnt so much about anti - semitism and racism?