Violence Flashcards
You got your small fire all right
Dangerous
Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!
Unity in Savagery
The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering
Predatory
Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority
More predatory images
The rock struck piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist
Murder
There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws
Animalistic
Atavism
‘That was Simon, that was murder’
Ralph
Realisation
This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.
Atavism
Roman
Behind them on the grass the headless and paunched body of a sow lay where they had dropped it
More predatory imagery
Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policeman and the law. Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in ruins
Suppression
He hadn’t because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh
Fear of violence
‘Which is better - to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill’
Killing
Juxtaposition
‘Kill the pig, slit her throat, spill her blood’
No more exclamatory phrase
Ralph launched himself like a cat; stabbed, snarling, with spear, and the savage doubled up
Ralph is not immune
the compulsion yo track down and kill things… was swallowing him up
Hun
