William Golding’s use of adjectives and word choices in this paragraph help dehumanize Ralph’s, Piggy’s, and Samneric’s attackers. In this first sentence of the paragraph, Golding describes the aggressors as so: “...there was a vicious snarling in the mouth of the shelter…” (Golding 167). The use of the word snarling instead of yelling or some other like word is to animalize the attackers and make them more beast-like. He also describes their attacks as, “...hitting, biting, and scratching.” (Golding 167). When first reading this paragraph, Jack’s tribe reminded me of feral animals. Golding’s decision to not mention any of the attackers by name also make the more animalistic. At any point Golding could’ve mentioned that so-and-so was attacking
