The main themes of my poster are “Civilization versus Savagery” and “The Beast Within us All” I chose these two themes because they are the main, overarching themes of the book. The theme “Civilization versus Savagery” is exhibited in my poster by the the crumbling cliff falling into savagery. My other theme “The Beast Within us All” can be found portrayed in my poster as how EVERYONE can fall into the path of savagery, everyone can crumble and reveal the beast within.
On my poster, the main image is the boy falling down off of a cliff. This crumbling cliff represents civilization; the reason why I put grass on the cliff but not on the pile below is because grass represents life, meaning life can thrive in a civilized environment but not in a savage one. It also …show more content…
I drew it like that to portray and exhibit how there is no unity within savagery, savagery is all about fulfilling PERSONAL pleasures. The pig head is a symbol of the ‘beast’ and you can see the boys on the pile dancing and worshiping the pig head, does this mean they are worshiping themselves? After all the beast is within them and us all. Around the dirty, savage boys is a blanket of black, black represents the evil hovering around the savages. As you go higher up the poster (as you get closer to the cliff), the black slowly fades into a white; representing the innocence the boys still had whilst on the cliff, before they fell into the darkness of savagery. Moving on from the boys, the quote I have chosen is “Maybe,... maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us…” This quote was said by Simon. The reason why I have made the quote so small is to show its unimportance to the boys and the ignorance they gave the advice it gives (mainly because Simon is
On my poster, the main image is the boy falling down off of a cliff. This crumbling cliff represents civilization; the reason why I put grass on the cliff but not on the pile below is because grass represents life, meaning life can thrive in a civilized environment but not in a savage one. It also …show more content…
I drew it like that to portray and exhibit how there is no unity within savagery, savagery is all about fulfilling PERSONAL pleasures. The pig head is a symbol of the ‘beast’ and you can see the boys on the pile dancing and worshiping the pig head, does this mean they are worshiping themselves? After all the beast is within them and us all. Around the dirty, savage boys is a blanket of black, black represents the evil hovering around the savages. As you go higher up the poster (as you get closer to the cliff), the black slowly fades into a white; representing the innocence the boys still had whilst on the cliff, before they fell into the darkness of savagery. Moving on from the boys, the quote I have chosen is “Maybe,... maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us…” This quote was said by Simon. The reason why I have made the quote so small is to show its unimportance to the boys and the ignorance they gave the advice it gives (mainly because Simon is