I had two memorable passages that I wanted to analyze and share. First one was a dialogue between Simon and the Lord of the Flies and the next passage was about Jack’s internal conflict when he had the first pig hunt, which happened prior to the first passage.
“ Simon’s head was tilted slightly up. His eyes could not break away and the Lord of the Flies hung in space before him.
“What are you doing out here all alone? Aren’t you afraid of me?”
Simon shook.
“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast.”” p143
Although talking with a pig’s head is impossible, this dialogue was the most important symbolical passage. The Lord of the Flies intimidated Simon that he will kill and confessed that he himself was the beast. The beast represented the natural evilness in people’s mind. Thus, the concept of the Lord of the Flies was not a concrete object but an abstract idea.
Through the dialogue, Simon realized that the beast that the boys were afraid of was actually the fear of inhumanity. The Lord of the Flies talked as if he was the one who caused this problem, which ensured that he was the symbol of evil. Enlightened with the discovery, Simon wanted to inform the fact to other boys. However, the boys misapprehended that Simon was the beast and that they murdered him.
I felt the boys were too into the wilderness. I could not understand them because they murdered Simon without a minimum rational thought. If the boys thought rationally, then there would be no such crime. I was very disappointed at them. How could a person kill another person who used to be his or her friend? Due to their cold-heartedness, I thought the murdering part was too fictionally fabricated.
" He noticed Ralph's scarred nakedness, and the somber silence of all four of them. He sought, charitable in his happiness, to include them in the thing that had happened. His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink. " p70
This passage was a certainly significant part of the entire novel too. This described how Jack felt after killing the first pig. Although he claimed he is supporting hunting because it provides meat to the entire group and is essential for a survival, now he is obsessed with it. At this point, he is involved in hunting so much that he cannot get rid of the thought of killing the pig.
He started to show the natural instinct of human savagery. From this point on, he was more exhilarated in killing pig rather than providing meat for the entire group. Later on, he painted his face to look wilder. Although it was not necessary in hunting, since he was so obsessed with it, he could not control his savage instinct.
Because he was busy with his hunting job, he forgot to manage the signal fire. If he managed the fire well, they could have been saved because the ship just passed by when the fire was out. Although it was his job and Ralph was so furious at him, he did not even listened to him and did not accept his fault but self-praised his first successful hunt. Indulged into and proud of his hunting skills, Jack started to pay no attention to the whole group and manage his hunting life.
I was surprised because Jack changed a lot in this short period of time. If I were Jack, at least I would not betray my friends. I thought it was a little awkward because Jack acted in his own way even thought he knew it was necessary to work in a group.
“ Simon’s head was tilted slightly up. His eyes could not break away and the Lord of the Flies hung in space before him.
“What are you doing out here all alone? Aren’t you afraid of me?”
Simon shook.
“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast.”” p143
Although talking with a pig’s head is impossible, this dialogue was the most important symbolical passage. The Lord of the Flies intimidated Simon that he will kill and confessed that he himself was the beast. The beast represented the natural evilness in people’s mind. Thus, the concept of the Lord of the Flies was not a concrete object but an abstract idea.
Through the dialogue, Simon realized that the beast that the boys were afraid of was actually the fear of inhumanity. The Lord of the Flies talked as if he was the one who caused this problem, which ensured that he was the symbol of evil. Enlightened with the discovery, Simon wanted to inform the fact to other boys. However, the boys misapprehended that Simon was the beast and that they murdered him.
I felt the boys were too into the wilderness. I could not understand them because they murdered Simon without a minimum rational thought. If the boys thought rationally, then there would be no such crime. I was very disappointed at them. How could a person kill another person who used to be his or her friend? Due to their cold-heartedness, I thought the murdering part was too fictionally fabricated.
" He noticed Ralph's scarred nakedness, and the somber silence of all four of them. He sought, charitable in his happiness, to include them in the thing that had happened. His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink. " p70
This passage was a certainly significant part of the entire novel too. This described how Jack felt after killing the first pig. Although he claimed he is supporting hunting because it provides meat to the entire group and is essential for a survival, now he is obsessed with it. At this point, he is involved in hunting so much that he cannot get rid of the thought of killing the pig.
He started to show the natural instinct of human savagery. From this point on, he was more exhilarated in killing pig rather than providing meat for the entire group. Later on, he painted his face to look wilder. Although it was not necessary in hunting, since he was so obsessed with it, he could not control his savage instinct.
Because he was busy with his hunting job, he forgot to manage the signal fire. If he managed the fire well, they could have been saved because the ship just passed by when the fire was out. Although it was his job and Ralph was so furious at him, he did not even listened to him and did not accept his fault but self-praised his first successful hunt. Indulged into and proud of his hunting skills, Jack started to pay no attention to the whole group and manage his hunting life.
I was surprised because Jack changed a lot in this short period of time. If I were Jack, at least I would not betray my friends. I thought it was a little awkward because Jack acted in his own way even thought he knew it was necessary to work in a group.
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The two passsages you have here are pretty much significant ones. From both passages you saw the savageness of the boys and how rapidly they changed to 'beasts' during a short time period. I agree that this change is rather disgusting and not very rational, but I can't really blame the boys. First of all, Jack didn't accept his fault and considered himself highly for hunting the pig. That was because through hunting he found the true sweetness of hunting, which equals killing, and therefore found out what it is like to be more powerful than another living creature. British boys who went to good schools were ignorant of how it feels like to abuse and hurt others fully. Why would so many people in the world would like to bully others? It gives us a feeling that we are superior than them. It's that delicious taste of power that fuels the madness of it all. Jack learned it too fast, and he got addicted to it.
Later, the boys got affected also. They too learned savagery from Jack and their instincts. It's a sad thing that violence is contagious. ALso, I do think that other than bloodlust, I think ( or rather hope) that the boys killed Simon out of fear. It would be a factor that killed the rational thinking.
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