Dehumanization In Lord Of The Flies Essay

One of the themes in the novel Lord Of The Flies is that not having civilization around and keeping the structure of society, people will turn into savages. Becoming a savage happens when reasoning is slowly fades away, it is a slow process when humanity loses the structure and control it has instilled on everyone. Golding uses repetition of blood and fascination of killing to build towards the symbol and character having the theme show through the symbol and character. Golding uses the character Jack with his fascination to kill and see blood to build towards the theme, Golding makes Jack’s goal to kill the piglet, then Jack able to kill the pig, and finally turning Jack’s character into a savage. These moments all have one thing in common which is Jack being away from civilization cause the characters to gradually lose the control that humanity has enforced upon him with time passing and …show more content…
Golding makes Jack, Ralph and Simon walk around the island discovering what the island may have to offer them: “They heard the noises-squeaking-and the hard strike of hoofs on the path [...] The three boys rushed over and Jack drew his knife again with flourish. He raised his arm in the air. [...] Then the piglet tore loose.” ( Golding page 31). In that quote, the boys being Jack, Ralph and Simon hear a noise which ends up to be a piglet caught in the vines or “creepers” of the island, Jack then goes to strike at the piglet with his knife and kill it. Jack ends up getting cold feet and freezes with the knife in hand letting the piglet get away. By Golding making Jack stop himself from being able to kill the pig show that civilization still has control over the character(s), and by the end of the chapter Golding makes the character have start going against the reasoning and control humanity and civilization