Savagery Flashcards
initally, savagery is presented…
through violence
finish the quote: ‘jack drew his knife…
…again with a flourish’
‘jack drew his knife again with a flourish’
- sense of bloodlust growing in jack
finish the quote: ‘hurled the spear…
…with all his strength’
‘hurled the spear with all his strength’
-ch.3
- no longer held back by the rules of his old life which stopped him from killing the piglet in ch.1
- becoming more savage
initally, savagery is presented…
through jack
finish the quote: ‘dog-like, uncomfortably…
…on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort’
finish the quote: ‘became less hunter than…
…a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees’
initally, savagery is presented…
through appearance
finish the quote: ‘except for a pair of…
…tattered shorts held by his knife-belt he was naked’
‘except for a pair of tattered shorts held by his knife-belt he was naked’
- ditched his school uniform
- losing his old public-schoolboy identity
- ‘knife-belt’- belt is no longer part of uniform, but a tool to help him with his violent, destructive hunting
initally, savagery is presented…
as a game
finish the quote: ‘the rest joined in…
…making pig-dying noises and shouting’
finish the quote: ‘maurice pretended to be the…
..pig and ran squealing to the center, and the hunters, circling still pretended to beat him’
finish the quote: ‘kill the pig. cut…
…her throat.bash her in’
‘kill the pig. cut her throat. bash her in.’
- desire for violence
- monosyllabic
throughout the course of the novel, savagery is presented…
through ralph’s loss of authority
finish the quote: ‘exposure to the air…
…had bleached the yellow and pink to near-white’
‘exposure to the air had bleached the yellow and pink to near white’
- fading colour
- symbolic of ralph’s fading power
- loss of civilisation = descent into savagery
finish the quote: ‘you’re breaking…
…the rules!’
start the quote: ….the boys fell silent or muttering’
‘mutinously…
throughout the course of the novel, savagery is presented…
through ralph being swept into bloodlust