Savagery Key Quotes Flashcards
“Jack had to think for a moment before he could remember what rescue was… Rescue? Yes of course!” - Chapter 3
~ The boys hadn’t been on the island for long and Jack had already forgot the meaning being rescued and what it meant.
~ Any thoughts about civilisation and normalcy have completely escaped his mind
~ Considers the island as his ‘home’
“Then dog-like uncomfortably on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort, he stole forward… Then stopped” - Chapter 3
~ Golding tries to display Jack with animalistic features to perceive a more fierce way of living for him
~ Shows that Jack is already acting quite odd.
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grown ups going to think? Going off - hunting pigs - letting fires out?” - Chapter 5
~ Piggy seems to be giving the boys in assembly a serious reality check
~ He has realised that they have already started behaving immoral and uncivilised
“Blocks to the rules! We’re strong we hunt! If there’s a beast we will hunt it down!” - Chapter 5
~ Jack seems to be one of the first boys to allow the ‘id’ darkness to take over his mind
~ The littleuns seem to look up to him as he is strong, brave and powerful to them
~ He believes violence is the way forward
“Look we killed a pig - we stole up on them - we got in a circle” - Chapter 4
~ Shows that savagery has officially dominated Jack by actually managing to kill a pig
“If Jack was chief he’d have all hunting and no fire, we’d be here till we died” - Chapter 5
~ Piggy seems to be foreshadowing what is to come for the boys, of couture they are non the wiser at this point
~ Death is coming to lure the boys in
“But the island was scorched up like dead wood - Simon was dead… The tears began to flow and sobs shook him” - Chapter 12
~ Although the boys that had survived were getting rescued and going to return to normalcy
~ Simon and Piggy were left behind as they were dead because of savagery
“We saw your smoke what have you been doing. Having a war or something? Ralph nodded” - Chapter 12
~ The savage ways of living have destroyed humanity
~ Causing conflicts/disputes between Jack and Ralph’s tribes
“About the best when we kill we’ll leave some of the kill for it then it won’t bother us maybe” - Chapter 8
~ Jack seems to think that by killing a pig and leaving some for the beast of whom they believe is a ‘dead pilot’ then the beast may not bother them
~ He is very dim-witted and not a logical thinker
“The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her” - Chapter 8
~ Jack seems to have killed the sow (female pig) with the spear which symbolises his private part
~ This has sexual connotations to it as the boys are standing over the dead animal
~ Shows Jack as a sadist character who enjoys experiencing sexual pleasure
“The tribe of painted savages giggled… He gazed at the green and lack mask before him, trying to remember what Jack looked like” - Chapter 11
~ Ralph and Jack are fighting each other to see who is the true alpha-male as their can only be one
~ Jack’s Savage tribe all have their faces painted showing a symbol of savageness, even their leader has his face and identity covered
