The Lord Of The Flies: The Hunts :: essays research papers

A running theme in William Goldings Lord of the go is the hunts and their progression, as well as symbolic meaning it possesses as the hunts continue. The hunts eer ultimately revert back to an evil and primitive nature. The cycle of mans rise to power, or righteousness, and his inevitable fall from grace is an important point that Golding proves again and again. Lord of the Flies, is a story of a group of boys of different backgrounds who argon marooned on an unknown island when their plane crashes. As the boys try to organize and formulate a plan to get rescued, they begin to separate and as a result of a decision a band of savage tribal hunters is formed. Eventually the boys almost entirely shake off civilized behavior.     Jack has always been an ill-natued boy even from the start of the book when he told Piggy to "Shut up, Fatty." (p.23). Dispite Jacks unpleasent personality, his lack of courage and his conscience preventing him from killing the fi rst devour they encountered. "They knew very well why he hadnt because of the enormity of the knife decending and cutting into living flesh because of the unbearable blood." (p.34)When Jack was chosen to keep the upraise going, he decides to get meat instead of tending to the fire. His pursuit for killing a pig is symbollizing a sexual desire built into human nature. mend he was out pursuing the pig, the fire went out. This symbollized the fact that Jacks sexual desires led him away from hope and deeper into despair. Jack represents a Satan like, deathly force. The blood that he wallows in is a further representation of deathliness. After his first kill, "Jack transferred the knife to his left hand and smudged blood over his forehead as he pushed down the plastered hair," he unconsciously imitates the ritual of the tribal initiation of the hunter, whose face is covered with the blood of his first kill.Jack then successfully convinces many an(prenominal) biguns an d littleuns to come along with him and join a tribe of savages. These savages have face-paint on, which makes them anonymous. This anonimity allows for each tribe member to do things he would not have normally through because of the fear of being judged by society. They basically had no shame left. So they went out, killed a pig, acted as if they were raping it, and cut off its head.