Savagery In Lord Of The Flies

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In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the symbol of hunting illustrates the boys’ descent to savagery. The first time that the boys hunt a pig, they were so excited, and even “Jack [was] laughing and shuddering [saying] ‘you should have seen it!’” (69). This is the first time that the boys become engulfed in the need to hunt and therefore are becoming more animalistic and savage. The next time that they hunt a pig, “Roger found a lodgment point for his point and began to push till he was leaning with his whole weight” (135). The hunters’ instincts are now much more savage to the point of Roger stabbing the pig with all his weight even though the pig is already dead. The next savage act that boys do is “[surge] after it, [pour] down the rock,