After serving in WW2, the author of Lord of the Flies William Golding, decided to write the book. He includes a variety of liturary devices to entice the reader in the book and uses the device to provide a plot that makes you want to read more. The darkness of man's heart is seen throughout the book. At first this is seen through Simon. Simon is a very intelligent boy. Simon knows the true meaning of the beast and he is trying to explain to the boys what and who the beast was. Then Ralph is experiencing what the beast was first hand. Once Ralph and the remaining boys are being rescued, Ralph is crying for ¨ the darkness of man's heart¨ The darkness of man's heart can be better understood through the actions made by Jack and his band of followers.
After a failed hunt, Jack promises no mercy. A few hunts later, he and his hunters kill a mother sow. The mother sow’s head is cut off and placed on the end of a sharpened stick.The pig head is then left as a gift for the beast. When Ralph …show more content…
During the ambush, either Jack or one of his hunters break Piggy’s glasses. Piggy now is left without any vision and Ralph is left without any source of heat and light at night. Piggy takes the conch and says ¨ I just take the conch to say this, I can't see no more and I got to get my glasses back.¨ (Golding 170). In spite of Piggy's loss of vision, Ralph still goes to Jack tribe to retrieve Piggy´s glasses. While there, Roger drops a boulder on Piggy’s head, which Piggy had not been able to see. ¨ The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch had exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist…;¨ ¨ Piggy fell forty feet and land on his back across the square red rock area in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit…¨ (Golding 181). This quote describes Piggy’s death as a pig
After a failed hunt, Jack promises no mercy. A few hunts later, he and his hunters kill a mother sow. The mother sow’s head is cut off and placed on the end of a sharpened stick.The pig head is then left as a gift for the beast. When Ralph …show more content…
During the ambush, either Jack or one of his hunters break Piggy’s glasses. Piggy now is left without any vision and Ralph is left without any source of heat and light at night. Piggy takes the conch and says ¨ I just take the conch to say this, I can't see no more and I got to get my glasses back.¨ (Golding 170). In spite of Piggy's loss of vision, Ralph still goes to Jack tribe to retrieve Piggy´s glasses. While there, Roger drops a boulder on Piggy’s head, which Piggy had not been able to see. ¨ The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch had exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist…;¨ ¨ Piggy fell forty feet and land on his back across the square red rock area in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit…¨ (Golding 181). This quote describes Piggy’s death as a pig