At this tribe, “[Jack is] going to be chief” (136) and is located on the other end of the island. Jack’s tribe focuses on hunting pigs “and forget the beast” but “leave some of the kill for it” (136) so it does not bother his tribe. Jack’s tribe seems to be enjoying themselves, but they “wore the damp darkness of the forest like [their] old clothes” (137) showing how savage they have become. Their savageness turns into the murder of Simon and gets called an “accident” (160) because the bigguns do not want to scare the littluns or themselves, but leads to the death of Piggy and the attempted killing of Ralph. Jack not only creates his own tribe but also causes the island to become very
After killing a living animal we both experienced a strange sense of guilt and shame. While we were aware of our intentions to murder an innocent animal, we felt the remorseful and somewhat regretful after the deed was done. Prior to this experience I realize that I do not have the hunting mentality as Bass does. He knows he is aware that he is a predator and lives to hunt and eat the meat of his prey, just as a natural predator does. I, on the other hand, like to eat meat and would rather not think of the animal that had to be killed in order to get it.
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.
Dear Lennie, I know killing you was wrong of me, but if I didn’t do it then Curley and the other guys would have killed you. I didn’t want it to have to come to killing you, but the guys gave me no choice because they would have killed you or put you in an insane asylum. I killed you because I would have rather done it then letting one of the other guys do it because you are my best friend. If I let one of the other guys kill you then that would have made me feel the same way Candy did when they killed his dog because he said, ‘“ I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog’” (Steinbeck 61).
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.
This is due to it really being a conflict, and conflict is one of the major themes since almost every event or action in this book revolves around it. After Jack fails at his first attempt to kill the pig, he quotes “next time…” This is foreshadowing future slaying, pig hunts and his savage killing. The consistent pig runs and tribal dance shows the groups change into savagery and the loss of civilization on the island. This impacts the novel because in any situation where one is stranded and needs help and to be rescued, it is most important the people stranded remain civilized and work to achieve the group’s goal, which is obviously rescue. With the ruin of civilization all order on the island goes completely down the drain and no longer exists and it now becomes a struggle to survive and later pursue the intent of being rescued.
The only two who kept by each other’s side throughout the whole novel was Ralph and Piggy. “We musn't let anything happen to Piggy, must we?” (Golding page 106). The other boys didn’t care to stay with who was going to help them get rescued, they only wanted to enjoy themselves and hunt. Piggy and Ralph slowly start to realize what Jack is actually about, they get really frustrated and their plan to get rescued was going downhill. “You're a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!” (Golding page 163).
He had his good qualities and his bad, and you could learn a lot from him. For example, you can see Piggy’s wisdom and intelligence on page 151, Ralph and Piggy go to the feast the boys are having and soon after, Piggy states, “Come away. There’s going to be trouble and we’ve had our meat.” Piggy knew there was going to be trouble a the feast and if Ralph had listened to him they wouldn’t have been caught up in the riot and kill Simon. Piggy is also flawed because of this. Piggy helped take an innocent life and no one perfect would do
Ralph’s ability to persuade the boys to behave civilly was most impressive until the boys slowly began to become savage. Despite Ralph’s strong morals he was still vulnerable to savagery. This is shown when he encounters the pig Chapter 7. This was a surprising change to Ralph in the novel, as it seemed like he could not control his excitement. Saying things like “I hit him!
I decided I was going to get revenge and I didn't think about anything in that moment, I only thought about my revenge. I fled to the Plainpalais and when my eyes saw William playing he seemed so peaceful but, they are all the same, they all think the same, they all hold some evil within their blood. Within a second I was no longer the creature that tried to love and be loved by all, I was the creature that people would fear the most! I would care for no one, as they didn't care for me. My revenge would be on Frankenstein; for my revenge is a daemon destined to kill.