You talk. But you can’t even build huts – then you go off hunting and let the fire out”. Had the fire been going the ship might have seen the smoke and rescued the boys. This makes Ralph very angry and a clear division is made between Jack and his hunters and Ralph. Because of the savage nature brought out from within the boys, they make an irrational choice to hunt rather than the reasonable choice of keeping the fire going.
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.
The fear grows and engulfs even the bigger boys; Jack says, "You can feel as though you're not hunting, but-being hunted." Even Ralph says, "I'm frightened myself," this shows his weakness. This fear is the fear of the unknown; fear that they don't know what's going to happen to them, fear of themselves, and fear of the dark. Later in chapter 5 Piggy starts to realize they are not scared of the beast but scared of them, he says, "Unless we get frightened of people." The beast gets interpreted as a ghost or creature, also in chapter 5.
And when asked for the reason as to why he was beaten, Winifred stated that he was never made aware of a reason. According to another defendant, Roger, Jack threatened the other boys into doing whatever Jack wanted them to do. He threatened them with beatings and other ways of humiliation. For example he also told the other boys to use the “liluns” as pigs in their dances depicting their hunts, as stated by Roger. Also, according to defendant Ralph, Jack was hungry for power and control.
LOTF- without MLA The Lord of the Flies helps one inherit the real thought behind William Goldings view on the true meaning of evil and savagery, painting images in ones mind while reading and writing as the characters become gradually more and more evil. Jack, Ralph and Simon are all affected by the innate evil of the boys on the island. The dehumanization, obsession with power and murders are all examples of savage behavior, which affects the characters as they slowly drift away from civilization and society. When the boys first arrive on the island, Jack is still trying to stay civilized but he eventually plunges into savagery. When Jack and Ralph first encounter the pig tangled in creepers, Jack has the opportunity to kill it but he hesitates.
There are six main hunts shown and as the hunting proceeds the boys lose their identity as the little children in England. As the hunts become something more of a pleasure for the savages they begin to bring themselves closer to the savage side of human nature. Towards the end of the novel, the boys become unrecognisable. One of their first attempts of hunting, as Jack tries to kill the sow he cannot bring himself to see blood yet. This shows that Jack still has the pressure of civilisation and rules from when he was in England.
He starts out wanting to help and contribute to the group, and by the end of the book, he slowly changes for the worse. He transitions into a demigod. His way of behaving is neither disruptive nor violent at the beginning of the book, but he does show the desire to hunt and kill a pig. The first time Jack is presented with killing a pig he couldn’t, “because of the enormity of the knife and descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.” (P. 27) Later on, he says, “We’ll get food, hunt, catch things...until they fetch us.” (P. 30) This shows that he cares, and wants to help and contribute to the group.
He believes parents often put their children in positions to lie and test their honesty without realizing it, therefore, when children are encouraged to tell so many white lies, they get comfortable with it. As a result, children will learn that honesty can create conflict, and being dishonest is an easy solution to avoiding conflict. Bronson also stated that children are taught not to tattle. So if a child goes to their parents to tell the truth about someone, it is tattling. He believes that a tattler can be one of the worst things a child is called on the playground.
* When Zaroff says “Surely your experiences in the war—,” Rainsford does not even let him finish before saying “Did not make me condone cold-blooded murder.” * He continues to say “Thank you, I’m a hunter, not a murderer.” * Zaroff talks constantly about his hunts and how they bored him overtime. His ability to hunt humans turned him into the monster that he is. He is a lot like Rainsford in the beginning in having no remorse for the animals he hunts, including humans. Which is exactly why he is not like Rainsford in the end. Zaroff never had the chance to be the hunted and therefore does not know the definition of fear.
That is what happened to Ralph: he was not really against the pig hunting but never took part in the act. He did not see the value in it at first, just something that savage Jack did and it just was not for him. He was more worried about shelter and rescue rather than the savagery that went on in the forest. This is visible while he’s arguing with Jack: “We wounded a pig and the spear fell out. If we could only make barbs-“We need shelter”(Golding 52).