William Goldings Lord of the Flies :: English Literature

Golding s Lord of the FliesGolding implements his use of language and choice of words to makethis a disturbing fall in of the novel. We can listen this on many occasionsthroughout the passage. And what makes this passage so important isthe boys attitudes changing and developing on a number of issues andtaboos.In the beginning part of this passage the reader can play that thehunters have just tried to kill 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 full Of frightand apprehension and most importantly Pride when he hit the squealerwith his spear and we notice that He sunned himself in their newrespect and felt that hunting was good after all. Later on we seeanother(prenominal) example of disturbing language as The circle moved in andaround. Robert squealed in mock terror, then real pain. And as Ralphhad a Sudden densely excitement, he grabbed Erics spear and Jabbedat R obert with it. As Jack has Robert pinned down in the circle thereader is told that Jack is Brandishing a knife, with this added tothe background cheering of go through him Kill him the boys haveovercome another Taboo not one of is it right to kill animals but oneof is it right to injure other commonwealth for the sake of the game.Another disturbing part of the passage is the language and imageryinvolved in Make a ring Here we can count on 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 put carried away without them knowing justhow much damage their causing. As The butt end of the spear drip 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 before long finds himselfholding Robert By the hair whilst Brandishing a knife this pa rt ofthe passage is also very important because we can even see that Ralph,who was Fighting to get near and finding The desire to squeeze andhurt was over-mastering. Was normally one of the boys who would beleast likely to participate in one of these savage games.It is in these games were the boys get carried away and Ralph feels a