Lord Of The Flies Chapter 8 Analysis

Throughout chapter eight through twelve of Lord of the flies, various passages conveyed striking imagery. One important passage would be the beginning of chapter nine: A view to Death. A horrendous storm picks up on the island again. As this is occurring, Simon is waking up from his faint and realizes what the “beast” actually is. Meanwhile the boys are performing their dance and are reenacting the scène of when they murdered the pig. Ralph and Piggy join as a means of curiosity and to make sure everything remains in order. Simon returns that alert the group of his findings but in the process is mistaken as the beast and killed. The passage and description of the storm was a major factor that brought the whole chapter together.
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During Simon’s crazy hallucination, the pig on the stick represents the Lord of the Flies. This quotation from the book reveals that Simon’s train of thought was correct. In recent chapters, Simon had a feeling that the beast was inside the boys themselves. Simon’s suspicions were confirmed by the Lord of the Flies. The Lord of the Flies identifies itself as the beast and acknowledges to Simon that it exists within human beings.
In my opinion, this quote seems to be very crucial to the whole entire book. This justifies the truth that Simon knew all along. The beast never existed physically, but internally, inside of each one of them. I found this quote to be very intriguing because indirectly the Lord of the Flies tells Simon the truth. All this time the children on the island were worried about a beast; something that may be dangerous and can kill them all. What they didn’t know was that they themselves were the true terror. Slowly but surely their “beasts” were shown through their savagery and loss of humanity.
8. In order to show Golding's wary, disapproving mood towards human nature in Lord of the Flies, he had to add tones throughout the book that would add depth and clarity to his