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Golding shows the loss of innocence through the characterization of the hunters. Throughout the novel, Lord of the Flies, the boys slowly eradicate all that is good and pure on the island. For example, on the island, the source of piglets is displayed as a source of innocence. In the beginning of the novel, on page 23, Jack, Ralph, and Simon go searching on the island looking for food and find a piglet. Jack tried to kill the pig, however he could not bring himself to do it. This shows the boys’ innocence at the time. By page 40, Jack is tracking a pig through the forest before it escapes. Even though Jack did not catch the pig he has obviously learned hunting skills and is yearning to kill something for food. In such a short amount of time, he has shed much …show more content…
Through pages 57-59 in Lord of the Flies, Jack and his hunters kill their first pig and begin a chant. The scene immediately before shows Jack crossing over from civilized to savage by making a mask, “thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, (liberating him) from shame and self-consciousness.” When the signal fire goes out after Jack and his hunters killed the pig, it shows how the priorities have shifted. Pages 119-122 in Lord of the Flies: the hunters brutally slaughtered a sow, placed its head on a sharpened stick, and left it as a sacrifice to the beast. They killed the pig for please rather than meat this time. Through pages 135-137, the hunters made a circle while chanting, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” Simon appeared out of the forest and the mob of hunters killed him. The savaged boys can only be satisfied by blood now. In chapter 12, Ralph becomes the hunter’s prey. They intend to sacrifice him to the beast. Most psychologists would agree that once you have begun sacrificing humans to imaginary beasts, you have probably crossed
Golding shows the loss of innocence through the characterization of the hunters. Throughout the novel, Lord of the Flies, the boys slowly eradicate all that is good and pure on the island. For example, on the island, the source of piglets is displayed as a source of innocence. In the beginning of the novel, on page 23, Jack, Ralph, and Simon go searching on the island looking for food and find a piglet. Jack tried to kill the pig, however he could not bring himself to do it. This shows the boys’ innocence at the time. By page 40, Jack is tracking a pig through the forest before it escapes. Even though Jack did not catch the pig he has obviously learned hunting skills and is yearning to kill something for food. In such a short amount of time, he has shed much …show more content…
Through pages 57-59 in Lord of the Flies, Jack and his hunters kill their first pig and begin a chant. The scene immediately before shows Jack crossing over from civilized to savage by making a mask, “thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, (liberating him) from shame and self-consciousness.” When the signal fire goes out after Jack and his hunters killed the pig, it shows how the priorities have shifted. Pages 119-122 in Lord of the Flies: the hunters brutally slaughtered a sow, placed its head on a sharpened stick, and left it as a sacrifice to the beast. They killed the pig for please rather than meat this time. Through pages 135-137, the hunters made a circle while chanting, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” Simon appeared out of the forest and the mob of hunters killed him. The savaged boys can only be satisfied by blood now. In chapter 12, Ralph becomes the hunter’s prey. They intend to sacrifice him to the beast. Most psychologists would agree that once you have begun sacrificing humans to imaginary beasts, you have probably crossed