Cruel Pig Hunts

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The feeling of being free from wearing the masks makes the boys engage in a cruel pig hunts. Symbolizing the boys urges of anarchy. For this reason, most of boys become so consumed in the hunt for the bloodlust of a pig they evidently forget about getting rescued back to civilization and carelessly forget about the signal. Furthermore, when Ralph tries to describe the importance of the signal fire. Jack and the other hunters are not paying attention busy by other ideas on the hunt they just finished. "There was lashings of blood,' said Jack, laughing and shuddering, you should have seen it!" (Golding, 69). In fact, during a feast on a good the boys illustrate the slaughter they just did. For this reason, the boys have turned so much into savages

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