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).
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.
Spill his blood! Do him in!” (168). By becoming so carried away and building up such desire to kill, the boys mistake Simon for the beast and murder him instantly. Finally, the boys’ savagery is also portrayed in the murder of Piggy. Nobody was allowing Piggy the opportunity to speak his mind, disregarding any of his opinions.
Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill the blood' We first hear this when Jack as his hunters kill their first pig. This is a political allegory because Jack leads the group when they chant this and makes them usually say it every time they kill a pig, showing his dominant power. “next time there will be no mercy” Jack struggling between 2 sides, civilized side and the vicious, savage side within him. No longer can suppress the inner evil. ‘An Awesome stranger’- Focalisation is used by Golding here to give reader an idea of Jack’s point of view of the island- turning savage and primal degenerating (opposite of evolving.)
The boys struggle to come to terms with the reality of being trapped on the island without any grownups and therefore expect the usual punishments that were expelled upon them during their lives prior to the crash. Another sign of morality was shown when Jack struggles to kill his first pig “ . . . because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh .
When the boys were deciding who should be chief and who should be hunters, the group decided Ralph should be the chief and the choir boys should be the hunters. The hunters went out to kill a pig for dinner, and Jack was their leader. When they found a pig to kill, they surrounded
Porkchop wa sthe tougher one of the 3 and he also knew Kung Fu. Piggo was the brains and would come up with the brilliant statagies and tactics. There were the evil wolves and they would chase the pigs from their homes and eat them. That is why Porky, Porkchop and Piggo have come together to form their own army and ever since they have been beating up each wolf that would tresspass into their village and now there is only one evil wolf left the captain of the team and there were to meet by the forest for the final showdown. Both sides began by setting up their own camps and the wolf made a brick castle to protect himself from direct attacks.
“First he mixed the tar, then applied the tar, then he took a break, then he hammered some nails.” Another difference was the crew. Noah just brought his family while Gilgamesh had a full boat crew in addition to his family. They both used a dove to test whether they would get some land soon but then Gilgamesh used other birds and it was finally the Raven that found land. The god element in these two stories was interesting. Noah’s god was essentially disgusted with himself for having made these sinful creatures and decided to kill everything.
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 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.