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What examples of intimidation are there in Chapter One of Lord of the Flies by William Golding?

When Ralph and Piggy first meet, Ralph makes fun of his nickname but this is relatively harmless. Jack is the first one to really intimidate others and he starts with Piggy. Jack yells at him simply for trying to get all the boys' names correct. He says "Shut up, Fatty" and the boys erupt with laughter. Piggy feels like an outcast: 


A storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in. For the...

When Ralph and Piggy first meet, Ralph makes fun of his nickname but this is relatively harmless. Jack is the first one to really intimidate others and he starts with Piggy. Jack yells at him simply for trying to get all the boys' names correct. He says "Shut up, Fatty" and the boys erupt with laughter. Piggy feels like an outcast: 



A storm of laughter arose and even the tiniest child joined in. For the moment the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy outside: he went very pink, bowed his head and cleaned his glasses again. 



At the end of the chapter, Jack hesitates when he has the chance to kill a pig. All three boys (Ralph, Jack, and Simon) are terrified at the thought of the violence in killing another living thing. "They were left looking at each other and the place of terror." After this, Jack insists that he will not hesitate the next time. He is embarrassed that he missed his opportunity to prove to himself and to the others that he is hunter. The last paragraph of the chapter illustrates Jack's future intents. This passage foreshadows what will be Jack's development into a predator and a tyrannical leader: 



He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next time there would be no mercy. He looked round fiercely, daring them to contradict. Then they broke out into the sunlight and for a while they were busy finding and devouring food as they moved down the scar toward the platform and the meeting. 



Jack is clearly trying to be intimidating in this moment. 

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