Ralph was upset because the fire had gone out. “There was lashings of blood,” said Jack, laughing and shuddering, you should have seen it!”(69) This quote is an example of how the boys were violent throughout the book, and became progressively more deranged. The boys hunted and killed a pig, when Jack explained that the head of the beast was to be a gift to the beast. “Jack spoke loudly. This head is for the beast.
Lord of the Flies is the perfect example of how fear is a deadly driving force. The boys demonstrate savagery and heartless actions as fear increases within them. When the boys arrive on the island, excitement and power overcome them due to the lack of authority. However, their actions reveal the insecurity that lies within each of them. Knowing they will need food to stay alive, the boys decide they have to kill a pig.
The narrator seems to note the boys transformation by referring to them as savages and how the hide their shame “[they were] safe from shame or consciousness behind the mask of [their] paint”(pg.154). The final result of their savagery was the deaths of Simon and Piggy these events happen in the heat of the moment due to an overflow of emotion. In the killing of Simon they were performing their infamous chant and enactment of the hunt of the hunt when Simon runs out tries to warn them about the false beast but the group was in the heat of the moment and ended up killing him even Ralph and piggy the level headed boys were caught up in this superfluous of emotion. In the killing of piggy the groups were at castle rock and in the midst of the confrontation piggy was hit with a
The wretch flees the scene only to feel “rage and revenge” (Shelley 137) amidst his educators. Rejection from yet another group torments the heart of the wretch, supporting the obvious views of Shelley’s expressed theme. The wretch does not surrender just yet. His firing devotion to fulfill his mind and heart with empathy drives the monster to set out on a journey towards Victor’s native town in hopes to secure his blessings. It was when he is wounded in flesh and bone after saving a young girl from destruction when the monster “vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” (Shelley 143).
Spill his blood!'.... At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws." (152-153). Evil starts to take over Jack, and he ends up killing one of the boys, Simon.
“ I will cause fear....do I swear inextinguishable hatred....I will work at your destruction....you shall curse the hour of your birth....fiendish rage animated him ”. (Pages 133 and 134 Lines 32-3) Between these two passages, it is seen that the creature is loving and evil at the same time. The creature was made to love and to be able to have feelings just as a human being; despite this, he ultimately chooses the path of evil instead of good. To pick a life of evil instead of good is terrible. This further shows that the wretch is a monster because a life full of revenge and evil is
Spill the blood!” (174,175) Reasoning: No civil person would repeatedly state this phrase. This definitely represents savagery. It shows how bloodthirsty these boys are and then when they recite this while murdering Simon; it makes it even more gruesome. They’re so consumed in all the blood that they don’t even realize they had killed Simon until it is too late. • “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.” (235) Reasoning: This quote that was stated at the end of the book shows the reader and myself that the world of savagery only leads to murder and sorrow.
2. Who/what is causing so much grief in Hrothgar’s kingdom? How many years has this battle with Grendel been going on? a. Grendel, the “evil creature, grim and hungry,” is the cause of all of the grief in Hrothgar’s kingdom. His killing and torture of the people saddens both the king and all of the people; “Bloody footprints were found.
I have come to kill you!” Grendel began to attack everyone in his way, eating them, and crunching their bones one by one. Once he reached Beowulf, he began to burn because he was evil. Beowulf told him, “I do not fear you, that’s why I do not fight you. Your own evil will
“(168) This novel gave the idea of suicide to the Monster which was inflicted upon being denied by everyone and not knowing his spot in humanity. As the Monster read “Paradise Lost” he connected to having a war with his creator, and believes that he was Victor’s “Satan”. Thinking in the role of Satan, the Monster kills Victor’s family, just like Satan took away God’s angels. The novel “Plutarch’s Lives” gave the monster some input on life. “The patriarchal lives of my protectors caused these impressions to take a firm hold on my mind; perhaps, if my first introduction to humanity had been made by a young soldier, burning for glory and slaughter, I should have been imbued with different sensations.” (170) The Monster finally found his reason for being on earth and he believes he found his spot in humanity.