loss of innocence Flashcards
chapter 1
a loss of innocence is presented as immediate through the theme of violence.
at the beginning ralph as a ‘eyes that proclaimed no devil’
he later says ‘you should stick a pig. said ralph fiercely’
jack ‘snatched his knife’ and ‘slammed’ it into a tree trunk
chapter 5
a loss of innocence is presented as alarming through the deterioration of order.
‘bollocks to the rules!’
‘if there’s a beast we’ll hunt it down!’
‘we’ll close in and beat and beat and beat!’
chapter 9
a loss of innocence is presented as threatening through the cruel murder of simon.
‘kill the beast! cut his throat! spill his blood! do him in!’
they ‘leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore’
chapter 12
a loss of innocence is presented as a vehicle for vulnerability through ralph’s emotions of fear and sadness.
‘ralph wept for the end of innocence’ and the ‘darkness of man’s heart’
‘ralph whimpered and yawned like a littlun’
