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In Lord of the Flies, Jack cannot kill the pig on his first attempt. Why can't he?
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In Lord of the Flies, Jack cannot kill the pig on his first attempt. Why can't he?

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Jack hesitates because he knows that he is just a boy. He had never killed anything before and the action of cutting into a pig was unbearable, and could not handle it.
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Because that would be animal cruelty.
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