“ We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all we’re not Savages , We’re English, and the English are best at everything”. That was quoted by a school boy named Jack Merridew. One of the many boys who were crash landed on an island. No Grownups. They turn from civilized innocent school boys to complete savages and ends up with 3 deaths. These Events that took place shows that in Chapter 9 , William Golding employs diction, symbolism, and natural imagery to convey the theme that everyone has a little savage in them.
William Golding uses different quotes to show diction in his book. “Now out of terror another desire , thick , blind”( 152) and “ It was crying out against the abominable , something about a body on a hill”. ( 152)n these examples they both show That fear gets the best of you and your first instinct is to turn to violence to solve the problems. Their chant “ Kill the beast , cut his throat , spill its blood”.(152) This shows what fear had done to them , made them bloodthirsty savages. By employing diction it relates to the theme by how bloodthirsty and desire for violence. …show more content…
The conch, Its a symbol of organization but on page (150) Jack says “ The conch doesn’t count at this side of the island” which means they are unorganized and being unorganized as they are going wild and out of control. The Lord of the flies is a symbol of the boys going crazy. “ Pig's head on a stick” (150) The lord of the flies is a pigs head on a stick with a whole bunch flies around it. A pigs head can’t really talk , this shows how since they are out of order and going crazy like you guessed it.
William Golding uses different quotes to show diction in his book. “Now out of terror another desire , thick , blind”( 152) and “ It was crying out against the abominable , something about a body on a hill”. ( 152)n these examples they both show That fear gets the best of you and your first instinct is to turn to violence to solve the problems. Their chant “ Kill the beast , cut his throat , spill its blood”.(152) This shows what fear had done to them , made them bloodthirsty savages. By employing diction it relates to the theme by how bloodthirsty and desire for violence. …show more content…
The conch, Its a symbol of organization but on page (150) Jack says “ The conch doesn’t count at this side of the island” which means they are unorganized and being unorganized as they are going wild and out of control. The Lord of the flies is a symbol of the boys going crazy. “ Pig's head on a stick” (150) The lord of the flies is a pigs head on a stick with a whole bunch flies around it. A pigs head can’t really talk , this shows how since they are out of order and going crazy like you guessed it.