Lord Of The Flies Censorship Quotes

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is nothing short of a wild ride. Then again, when you maroon a group of boys on a deserted island, you don’t really know what to expect. But I don’t think anyone could predict the events that take place in this book. In the first few chapters, we can already see how order doesn’t last for long, as represented by the quote, “At once half the boys were on their feet. Jack clamored among them, the conch forgotten. ‘Come on! Follow me!’” Completely disregarding the fact that Ralph is chief by popular vote, Jack takes the rest of the children and rushes off towards the mountain to start a fire. A line I would like to highlight is “the conch forgotten,” which is significant in the way that the conch shell

The rising action of the story begins with everything nice and pleasant. A quote I would like to point out is, “Ralph found himself alone on a limb with Jack and they grinned at each other, sharing this burden. Once more, amid the breeze, the shouting, the slanting sunlight on the high mountain, was shed that glamour, that strange invisible light of friendship, adventure, and content.” This is incredibly powerful because it shows how Ralph and Jack were beginning to form a real friendship, which, as we all know, very quickly turned into a rivalry, which then turned into hatred. It is truly saddening how ambition and selfishness can mutate a person’s morals and cause them to want to kill one of their best friends. The cause of this can be honed down to one single event: the first hunt. In Chapter 4, the text reads, “The gutted carcass of a pig swung from the stake, swinging heavily as the twins toiled over the uneven ground. The pig’s head hung down with gaping neck and seemed to search for something on the ground. At last the words of the chant floated up to them, across the bowl of blackened wood and ashes. ‘Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.’” These 4 sentences simply show how the “thrill of the hunt” can transform a perfectly decent boy into a bloodthirsty savage. Another instance similar to this is when Jack and his hunters leave the law and order of Ralph for the chaos and anarchy of the

When Ralph and his crew visit Jack’s savages to take part in a feast, they end up taking part in more than just eating. When Simon crawls out of the forest into the circle of dancing boys, the gate of order finally gives way and a hell of confusion, hate, bloodlust, and chaos breaks loose. As the boys chant “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” they tear apart Simon with their bare hands and teeth, brutally killing him. But that isn’t the end of it. The next day, when the attempt to retrieve Piggy’s specs goes terribly wrong, resulting in the death of Piggy, Jack gives up hunting pig. His hatred for Ralph mixed with his savage thirst for blood drives him to start hunting Ralph. This leads to one of my favorite quotes in the entire book: in Chapter 12, “They were all running, all crying out madly. He could hear them crashing in the undergrowth and on the left was the hot, bright thunder of the fire. He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet, rushing through the forest toward the open beach.” All hope of law, peace, and order is completely gone. There is nothing left now but bloodlust and savagery. Through numerous intense moments, the Lord of the Flies warps law and order into those