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i’m the
beast… fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill! … you knew, didn’t you? i’m part of you? close, close, close!
ralph wept
for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called piggy
here,
invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life.
his mind
was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink
what i
mean is… maybe it’s only us
the rock
struck piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist
we’ve got
to have rules and obey them. after all, we’re not savages. we’re english, and the english are best at everything. so we’ve got to do the right things
what are we
humans? or animals? or savages?
kill
the beast! cut his throat! spill his blood!
i’m
frightened, of us