Monday, November 7, 2016

LOTF

The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.  Once there was this and that; and now--and the ship had gone. [... Jack refusing to give Piggy the floor when he has the conch...]
"The rules!" shouted Ralph.  "You're breaking the rules!"
"Who cares?"
Ralph summoned his wits.
"Because the rules are the only thing we've got!"
But Jack was shouting against him.
"Bollocks to the rules!  We're strong--we hunt!  If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down!  We'll close in and beat and beat and beat--!" (91)


This passage shows how out of order the boys way of life has gotten. The boys disregard the rules and there beginning way of life and strain to being beasts. There is only a small remaining group wants to maintain order and follow the rules. The other group has already adapted to the wildlife and do unnecessary things such as kill pigs for the pleasure. This shows that the boys become divided. The symbolic value shows to ways people react to being stranded.

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