Isolation Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis
Isolation on an Island What is isolation? Can that make you crazy? According to Merriam-Webster isolation is “the action of isolating : the condition of being isolated” (“Isolation”). In the Lord of the Flies William Golding demonstrates how isolation can make you think in different ways and take control of your body. This happens when a group of schoolboys get stranded on an island after their airplane crashed. William Golding uses isolation and strangers on a deserted island to develop a predatory mood and create a sense of danger between the boys. In the Lord of the Flies William Golding is constantly showing the readers the connections the boys have and how they are all affecting each other. The physical island is not making
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We might have gone home--" This was too bitter for Piggy, who forgot his timidity in the agony of his loss. He began to cry out, shrilly:
"You and your blood, Jack Merridew! You and your hunting! We might have gone home--" (Golding 70).
In this passage the “hunters”, which is a group of boys that Jack Merridew is in charge of, let out the fire that they were supposed to be keeping watch of. The fire was the only thing that showed others that there is people on the island, that was their only way home. The fire seemed to almost be a sense of relief, just knowing that they have a way to signal others, and to show they were alive. When Ralph, the chief of the group, finds out about the fire he gets angry and frustrated because that was their only job and they failed. The group of boys in the Lord of the Flies get to know each other pretty well during their time on the island and they start to test each other’s patience. It can be fun and games every once and awhile but sometimes it can be taken to a whole new level. "Jack! Jack! You haven't got the conch! Let him speak." Jack's face swam near him.
"And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't
We might have gone home--" This was too bitter for Piggy, who forgot his timidity in the agony of his loss. He began to cry out, shrilly:
"You and your blood, Jack Merridew! You and your hunting! We might have gone home--" (Golding 70).
In this passage the “hunters”, which is a group of boys that Jack Merridew is in charge of, let out the fire that they were supposed to be keeping watch of. The fire was the only thing that showed others that there is people on the island, that was their only way home. The fire seemed to almost be a sense of relief, just knowing that they have a way to signal others, and to show they were alive. When Ralph, the chief of the group, finds out about the fire he gets angry and frustrated because that was their only job and they failed. The group of boys in the Lord of the Flies get to know each other pretty well during their time on the island and they start to test each other’s patience. It can be fun and games every once and awhile but sometimes it can be taken to a whole new level. "Jack! Jack! You haven't got the conch! Let him speak." Jack's face swam near him.
"And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't