Lord Of The Flies Sow Analysis

After the split of the boys into two tribes, Ralph’s tribe finds a female pig, also named a “sow” and kills it with a spear. “Struck down by the heat, the sow fell and the hunters hurled themselves at her.” (Golding 135) The sanity level of each boy is thrown out the window and their instinct for food kicks in as they kill the sow for food. After they have killed the sow, the group of boys sharpen a long stick and stick the pig’s head on it after harvesting the meat off of the pig’s body. “Jack held up the head and jammed the soft throat down on the pointed end of the stick which pierced through into the mouth.” (Golding 136)