a. Civilization a word that well describes the environment the boys are attempting to create. The stranded boys are clinging to the idea of civilization and at a point in chapter 3 they did just that. Jack says, “ When I’ve had a bathe and something to eat ” Goulding pg. 55. When Jack entails bathing and eating before he goes to do something, he is relating to the subject because this is what all the boys are used to do before the accident. They bathe and eat, then carry on with their lives. For now it stays like this but by them being able to keep so many vital aspects of their former life it foreshadows a life that may not stay like this for ever. A statement the narrator makes in chapter 4 is “Nevertheless, the northern European tradition of work, play, and food right through the day made it possible for them to adjust themselves wholly to this new rhythm.” (Goulding pg. 59). The Narrator gives this insight to the European tradition of work, play, and food, then compares it to the life on island. This is a brilliant example considering the way they are “holding onto” the routines of their prior life. All of the boys once vivid picture of civilization in rotting away as they lose the urge to “ hold onto” the normalities of the …show more content…
Later in the story Jack says “ If you’re hunting sometimes you catch yourself feeling as if--” he flushed suddenly “ there 's nothing into of course. JUst a feeling. But you can feel was if you 're not hunting, but-- being hunted, as if something 's behind you all the time in the jungle.” (Goulding pg. 53). When I read this it reminded me of the feeling you get when you go down to your basement and you 're going up the stairs and you the strangest feeling something is following you, this made me relate to the feeling Jack describes