One paragraph I think is important in LOTF is when Jack says "There's nothing in it of course. Just a feeling. But you can feel as if you're not hunting, but- being hunted, as if something's behind you all the time in the jungle." page 53.
I think what Jack says is a combination of foreshadowing and irony. The foreshadowing is that Ralph ends up being hunted in the end and Jack is the one doing the hunting not being hunted. Jack could also be referring to something else out there in the jungle. He could be talking about the Lord of the flies, or the Beast.
I think that quote is important too, it gives mystery to the book and I agree with you saying that it is irony.
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