William Goldings Lord of the Flies :: English Literature

Golding s Lord of the FliesGolding implements his use of language and choice of words to exculpatethis a disturbing part of the novel. We can chatter this on numerous occasionsthroughout the departure. And what makes this passage so important isthe boys attitudes changing and create on a number of issues andtaboos.In the beginning part of this passage the reader can see that thehunters have just tried to carry off their first pig and at the same timeovercoming the taboo in question, which is, whether its right to killan animal for food. The reader can see that Ralph is luxuriant Of frightand apprehension and most importantly Pride when he tear the boarwith his jibe and we notice that He sunned himself in their new revere and felt that hunting was good after all. Later on we seeanother example of disturbing language as The mint moved in andaround. Robert squealed in mock terror, then real pain. And as Ralphhad a sharp thick excitement, he grabbed Erics spear and Jabbedat Ro bert with it. As diddly has Robert pinned down in the circle thereader is told that Jack is Brandishing a knife, with this added tothe background cheering of carry off him Kill him the boys have catch up with another Taboo not one of is it right to kill animals still oneof is it right to injure other people for the sake of the game.another(prenominal) disturbing part of the passage is the language and imageryinvolved in Make a ring Here we can imagine a giant set of clawsengulfing Robert ready to kill leaving him no escape. And as RobertSquealed in mock terror, then in real pain we see that the boysplaying the game can easily get carried away without them intentional justhow much damage their causing. As The butt end of the spear fell onhis back, and the rest of the boys started to Hold him Ralph grewa Sudden thick excitement, and jabbed Robert with Erics spear.With the ritual chant of Kill him Kill him Jack soon finds himselfholding Robert By the hair whilst Brandishing a knif e this part ofthe passage is also very important because we can even off see that Ralph,who was Fighting to get near and finding The desire to condense andhurt was over-mastering. Was normally one of the boys who would beleast likely to insert in one of these savage games.It is in these games were the boys get carried away and Ralph feels a