The choir boys make two transitions in their character
under the leadership of Jack Merridew. At first, the choir boys enter the scene as an
older group, and they appeared still in their
uniforms.
After time to establish roles and leadership
personnel, we find the choir boys take on two responsibilities: tending the fire, and
hunting for food. These are rather adult-like roles and they demonstrate the ability to
tackle the bigger tasks.
However, after the fire goes out
in chapter 4, we begin to see these boys undergo a great change. They rebel against the
idea of hunting for the sake of responsibility. Their new purpose in the later chapters
is to become savage and violent. It may be that this has occured and was not something
they could control. But given the circumstances of having no one who could make them
maintain order they turn primitive and even take life from another
human.
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