Lord of the flies: Character

This is a conversation between Utkarsh Sood and Saurabh Narain about one of the main characters in the novel: Lord of the Flies.

Utkarsh: Have you read the book Lord of the Flies?
Saurabh: Yes, it’s very interesting.
Utkarsh: Do you like Jack?
Saurabh: No, I think that he's a really stuck up person.
Utkarsh: I think he's a character that shows various changes in the novel.
Saurabh: Yes, like the conversation between him and Ralph in chapter three, where they talk about shelter and meat, ' "And I work all day with Simon and you come back and don't even notice the huts!" "I was working too--" "But you like it!".'
Utkarsh: And also when the choirboys go on the hunt, they wear masks. Jack wears the mask and, to him, it’s an item that takes away all consequence for him and lets him kill in cold blood.
Saurabh: Yes, I know! It says in the book, ' "He looked in astonishment, not at himself, but at a stranger. He started to dance, but soon his chants became blood-thirsty snarls”.’
Utkarsh: Wow, I completely forgot about that quote, it’s amazing how much detail Golding describes the characters.
Saurabh: Yes, and also, it's implied that Jack still knows that what he does is wrong, and he looks at himself at a "distance” almost.
Utkarsh: Yes, because of his civilised upbringing, he knows that he shouldn't be doing what he's doing, and this repeats throughout the whole novel, like when Piggy goes into "Castle Rock," Jack and the rest throw little stones at him which really, have no effect. Finally, it's Roger, "the darkness," who kills Piggy with the large boulder he hurls at him.
Saurabh: A quote in the novel: "The Chief led them, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement. He was chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses." What do you think this means?
Utkarsh: Well, in my opinion, this quote means that Jack has overtaken Ralph in the leadership sense, and when the author says, "exulting in his achievement," he could mean that Jack has wanted to do this the whole time, because of the start of the novel, where Ralph is elected as leader. When Golding mentions Piggy's broken glasses, he indicates a symbol. This is the symbol of Piggys broken glasses representing the death of society and civilization. All power from grown ups has been lost through the theft of Piggys glasses. Due to having bad eyesight, Piggy dies taking with him even the slightest chance of rules and accordingly survival.

Well, all in all, this book is very good, what with all the symbols and biblical allusions. Only a genius writer, like William Golding, could possibly write it.
Saurabh: Agreed.