Ralph, unlike Simon, has not figured out that he is fighting not only Jack, but the evil inside all mankind. Simon had figured that out when he had his "conversation" with the pig's head. The head told Simon "I'm part of you." Since Simon's conversation was part of an epileptic hallucination, the realization that the evil is inside of man must have come from Simon himself. Unfortunately Ralph, has been so focused on trying to lead the boys, thinking they would follow him simply because he was chief.
This quote tells how Simon knows Ralph will get back and is trying to give Ralph some hope in this dark time of depression. This statement also implies that Simon knows Ralph, himself, will get back home. Simon has no fear when it comes to the Beast because his gut feeling tells him that it is only the boys: “However Simon thought of the Beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human once heroic and sick” (103). Simon thinks that the beast is the inner demons of themselves. He believes that if they want to find out what it is they should go towards it instead run away this one fact sets him apart from the rest of the tribe, it also gives him this fearlessness that none of the other boys have.
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.
• Why is Ralph forgetting everything? • Who is Simon talking to? • What happens to Simon? 3 Critical Thinking Question • Describe how Jack and his companion kill the mother pig. • Analyze Simon’s character throughout the chapter.
Golding’s novel states; “Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” (Golding, 76). This quote shows that the school boys are actually forgetting who they really are and worshiping the devil by sacrificing a pig.
The only reason they voted for Ralph was because he had the conch. This shows how important the conch was to all the kids at first, but as the boys became more and more savage the conch started to be worthless to them, along with civilization and order. The conch was originally a powerful symbol of civilization and leadership, but the boys stopped caring about it, so they stopped caring about the last bit of civilization they still had. There was still a small sense of civilization left in all the children that kept that kept them from becoming total savages. But that was lost when Roger killed Piggy and destroyed the conch.
He became absolutely obsessed with hunting and killing pigs. At first it really was just to feed all of the boys, but more towards the end of the story it was for the please of killing the pig to feel powerful and pure primeval. Allowing Jack to become this kind of monster was another mistake that the boys made. Because once he changed other boys started to follow until it was just Ralph and Piggy by themselves and all other boys were in Jack’s tribe. Of course then Piggy was killed.
Why things are the way they are?” (Golding 143) When Simon encountered the pigs head on the spear he has a hallucination that the pig is speaking to him. This passage from the text confirms Simon’s speculation that the beast is possibly the boys themselves. It was all in their head about the beast and they became savages. When Simon goes to tell the boys what he has discovered, he is brutally attacked and killed. Later on the boys also kill Piggy while hunting him and Ralph.
“The crying went on. Breath after breath it seemed to sustain him upright as if he were nailed to it.” They are fearful of a beast seen by some of the boys. A dead parachutist becomes the beast in their minds. A boy named Simon has a conversation with a pig head impaled on a stick. The pig head which is covered in flies is known as the Lord of the Flies.
John T. Edge wrote, "I'm Not Leaving Until I Eat This Thing," which right off the bat makes you wonder, what could he possibly be talking about? The Author John T. Edge has entered this juke determined to eat pigs’ lips. He describes the atmosphere in a way that could make anyone feel like they are there. He sits there staring at them as he drinks three beers. Edge then goes in a different direction to describe where the pigs’ lips actually came from.