Violence Flashcards
initially, violence is presented…
through setting
finish the quote: ‘all round him the long…
…scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat’
‘all round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat’
- sibilance of ‘scar smashed’ -> almost onomatopoeic - reader can hear sounds of the violent crash, with the metaphor ‘scar’ alluding to the wounds mankind inflicts upon nature
initially, violence is presented…
through jack’s desire for power
finish the quote: ‘snatched from behind him a sizable…
…sheath-knife and clouted it into a trunk’
finish the quote: ‘he looked round fiercely, daring…
…them to contradict’
finish the quote: ‘and able at last to hit…
..someone, stuck his fist into piggy’s stomach’
initially, violence is presented…
through henry
finish the quote: ‘poked about with…
..a bit of stick’
finish the quote: ‘tried to control…
…the motions of the scavengers’
finish the quote: ‘he became absorbed beyond mere happiness….
…as he felt himself exercising control over living things’
finish the quote: ‘roger stooped, picked up a stone…
…aimed and thew it at henry’
initially, violence is presented…
(ch.4)
through the re-enactment of the kill
finish the quote: ‘the hunters, circling…
….still, pretended to beat him’
‘the hunters, circling still, pretended to beat him’
- ‘pretended’ -> has associations of youthful imagination and childish games -> but is juxtaposed with ‘beat him’, depicting a move from innocence to violence
finish the quote: ‘kill the…
…pig. cut her throat. bash her in’
‘kill the pig. cut her throat. bash her in’
- changes to the ‘kill’ chants -> ‘kill’ and ‘cut’ are harsh, violent and aggressive, but also necessary for a hunt
- however, the ‘spill her blood’, earlier in the chapter, whilst still violent, now becomes ‘bash her in’, a destructive image of bludgeoning that serves no purpose except a desire for violence
throughout the course of the novel, violence is presented…
through the fallen parachutist
finish the quote: ‘a sign…
…came down from the world of grown-ups’
finish the quote: ‘there was a sudden bright…
…explosion and corkscrew tail across the sky; then darkness again’
finish the quote: ‘there was a speck above the island, a figure dropping ….
… swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs’
‘a sign came down from the world of grown-ups’
‘there was a sudden bright explosion and corkscrew tail across the sky; then darkness again’
- ‘world of grown-ups’ -> meant to be safe and secure
- instead, the violence of ‘explosion’, rather than bringing safety, creates nothing but ‘darkness’
‘there was a speck above the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs’
- ‘the sign’ is clear, human life is insignificant
- pilot is just a ‘speck’ and ‘figure’, with no identity
- killed in conflict and washed out to sea - like simon and piggy
throughout the course of the novel, violence is presented…
(ch.6+8)
through weapons
finish the quote: ‘the circle of boys before…
…him bristled with hunting spears’
finish the quote: ‘stabbing downward…
… with his knife’
throughout the end of the novel, violence is presented….
simon’s death
finish the quote: ‘the build-up…
…of clouds continued’
finish the quote: ‘revolving masses..
….of gas’
‘the build-up of clouds continued’
‘revolving masses of gas’
- ‘clouds’ and ‘revolving masses of gas’ are both images of the island becoming trapped and enclosed by violent, destructive forces
finish the quote: ‘at once the crowd…
…surged after it’
finish the quote: ‘leapt onto the beast….
…, screamed, struck, bit, tore’
finish the quote: ‘no movements…
…but the tearing of teeth and claws’
‘at once the crowd surged after it’
‘leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore’
‘no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws’
- ‘crowd’ -> no longer individuals responsible for their own behaviour -> are a collective, a pack of animals driven by instinct
- animalistic imagery - ‘bit,tore’ ‘teeth and claws’ -> no suggestion of humanity -> predatory associations, of savage animals ripping apart prey
- savagery reaches a peak
throughout the end of the novel, violence is presented…
jack’s abuse of power
finish the quote: ‘he’s going to…
…beat wilfred’
finish the quote: ‘he got angry and made…
…us tie Wilfred up’
finish the quote: ‘cries of….
..pain from Samneric’
throughout the end of the novel, violence is presented…
(ch.10)
through ralph
finish the quote: ‘he began to pound…
…the mouth below him’
finish the quote: ‘using his clenched…
…fist as a hammer’
finish the quote: ‘he hit with more…
…and more passionate hysteria as the face became slippery’
‘he began to pound the mouth below him’
‘using his clenched fist as a hammer’
‘he hit with more and more passionate hysteria as the face became slippery’
- victim is dehumanised -> simply the ‘mouth’ and ‘the face’ -> ralph no longer sees a boy -> just something to be attacked
- not a playground fight - a frenzied destruction -> images of a schoolboy fight (‘clenched fist’ and ‘hit’) are juxtaposed with the imagery of a weapon (‘a hammer’)
- ‘pound’ and ‘passionate hysteria’ -> like an untamed animal -> violence making ralph bestial
