Lord Of The Flies Innocence Quotes
“No one loses their innocence. It is either taken or given away willingly.” In the book, Lord of the Flies, a plane crashed on a deserted island carrying a group of English schoolboys who were sent away because of the war. With no adults the boys tried to create a civilization so that they could try to survive. Even though they tried to keep everything civilized everything fell into chaos. The boys lost their innocence when they killed the mother pig, killed Simon, and hunted Ralph.
The killing of the mother sow was portrayed as very brutal. “Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife.” (pg.154) This shows how the boys especially Jack is maliciously attacking . The boys are climbing on top of the mother pig wanting to have a chance at stabbing the pig, and show mob-like actions. Another time they acted like a mob was when they killed Simon at the feast. …show more content…
The murder of Simon was the result of the boys becoming mob-like.
“At once the crowd surged after it poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore.” (pg.175) This shows how the boys swarmed around Simon and beat him to death. The fact that the boys believe there is a beast, proves that they are still kids who believe in monsters. Yet being on the island has made them capable of murder. The hunting of Ralph is another example of the boys losing their innocence.
When Ralph was being hunted by the tribe it showed how far Jack and his followers were willing to go. “A moment later the earth jolted, there was a rushing sound in the air, and the top of the thicket was cuffed as with a gigantic hand.” (pg.224) Jack’s tribe was willing to put a lot of effort in rolling a boulder down the mountain. They tried this with multiple boulders with the hope of killing Ralph, but luckily for him the boulders missed
him.
When the boys failed to have a working society they fell into chaos, especially when the savages killed the sow, when Simon was attacked and killed, and when Ralph was hunted by the tribe. When Jack and his tribe kill the sow they are seen stabbing and killing the mother pig in a crazed frenzy. During the feast when Simon tried to tell the other boys about the good news, they thought he was the beast and attacked him. At the end when Jack shows a persistence to kill Ralph it shows how Jack is willing to kill for revenge and hatred. The boys have come far from being innocent school boys, and have lost their innocence for good.
The killing of the mother sow was portrayed as very brutal. “Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife.” (pg.154) This shows how the boys especially Jack is maliciously attacking . The boys are climbing on top of the mother pig wanting to have a chance at stabbing the pig, and show mob-like actions. Another time they acted like a mob was when they killed Simon at the feast. …show more content…
The murder of Simon was the result of the boys becoming mob-like.
“At once the crowd surged after it poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore.” (pg.175) This shows how the boys swarmed around Simon and beat him to death. The fact that the boys believe there is a beast, proves that they are still kids who believe in monsters. Yet being on the island has made them capable of murder. The hunting of Ralph is another example of the boys losing their innocence.
When Ralph was being hunted by the tribe it showed how far Jack and his followers were willing to go. “A moment later the earth jolted, there was a rushing sound in the air, and the top of the thicket was cuffed as with a gigantic hand.” (pg.224) Jack’s tribe was willing to put a lot of effort in rolling a boulder down the mountain. They tried this with multiple boulders with the hope of killing Ralph, but luckily for him the boulders missed
him.
When the boys failed to have a working society they fell into chaos, especially when the savages killed the sow, when Simon was attacked and killed, and when Ralph was hunted by the tribe. When Jack and his tribe kill the sow they are seen stabbing and killing the mother pig in a crazed frenzy. During the feast when Simon tried to tell the other boys about the good news, they thought he was the beast and attacked him. At the end when Jack shows a persistence to kill Ralph it shows how Jack is willing to kill for revenge and hatred. The boys have come far from being innocent school boys, and have lost their innocence for good.