Continuing, the unintentional murder of Simon demonstrates the boys’ chaotic and careless behaviours. Each boy played a role in the murder of Simon. They were all very eager to kill the “beast” and were chanting, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!
The head of the pig was on a spear as an “offering” to the beast. Close the end of the novel, it is obvious that there is no hope for the boys to be innocent again. They were trying to kill each and also, some got killed. In chapter 11, Roger rolled a boulder down a hill during a feud and killed piggy. In chapter 10, Simon tries to tell the other boys that the real beast is their own selves, while at the same time they are screaming, "Kill the beast!
Jack later converses with the pig’s head about the nature of the beast, and says that the head will be a gift for the beast (122). 7. Jack’s raiding party steals a branch (123). 8. The beast threatens to eat Simon if he thinks he can out do the beast (127-128).
When Jack killed the pig, he cut off its head and put it on a stick, which was found by Simon. Simon was known for going unconscious for a short period of time; he was just about to go unconscious and had a vision of him talking to the head of the pig which was covered in flies. (This is how the book got its name) The pig’s head, tells Simon that the beast isn’t something they can kill; it’s the evil inside of all of them, “’Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!’ said the head. For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter. ‘You knew, didn’t you?
Underlines Jack’s lust for blood & killing. ‘He looked in astonishment no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger.’ The reader now starts to see how Jack is turning into a devilish figure. His new painted face can now tempt people to do things at his command. LOST ALL INNOCENT AND IS COMPLETELY SAVAGE. " Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill the blood' We first hear this when Jack as his hunters kill their first pig.
Piggy’s name suggests that he will be a victim of the beast. Not the beast the boys on the island fear, but the beast within the boys themselves. The author is saying through Piggy that because they kill and eat the pigs they become the beast. Ralph prays to the adult world to send them something from the grownups: a sign. His prayer is answered by a dead parachutist, a casualty of war from the fighting going on in civilized society.
They decide to vote a chief to lead the group. Ralph wins but he gives Jack the power to lead his choir group. Ralph, Jack, and Simon explores their environment and see if they can get help. On their way back, Jack encounters a pig with stuck. He attempts to kill it with his knife, but he resisted and the pig got away.
He starts to take part and witness violent acts such as the boys on the island hunting pigs. Although as the novel progresses, Ralph's self identity begins to disappear. He is part of Simon's "accidental" death and he constantly argues with Jack. Towards the end of the book, it's obvious to see that Ralph completely forgets why he was leader in the first place. "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.
However, he loses the battle against savagery fairly quickly, starting with his obsession over killing pigs. At first, Jack only killed pigs as a source of food but afterward, he actually enjoyed the violence and rush of excitement it brought him. Golding vividly described the slaughtering of a pig led by Jack later on in the novel; "[t]he spear moved forward inch by inch and the terrified squealing became a high-pitched scream. Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands" (123). When Jack kills, "madness [comes] into his eyes" (47).
They weren’t just killing for the survival and/or by the fact that they felt threatened by the pig. They were killing just to kill. The pig brought out the inner savagery and evil that the boys’ mind’s already contained. For instance, the boys slaughtered a nursing sow. The killing of the sow is inhumane, cruel, and brutal in many ways.