LOTF the Hunts

Lord of the Flies: The Hunts

Sara Henry, Angela Cardoza

Harley Miles, Barry Beadle

Meaning

As the hunts progress they become more violent and the boys enjoy them more. The first hunt is unseccessful but leaves the boys with an urge to kill. Once they actually kill a pig they are overcome with excitement and create a chant. Next, the brutal killing/rape of the sow sybolizes how cruel they have become. The tribe of boys have lost all innocence at this point and have no remorse for their actions. Then the boys become murderers and kill Simon and Piggy.

Golding uses these hunts to illustate the "end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart"(Golding 202). Through the hunts he points out the natural evil within all men and how this evil will bring an end to any civilization.

Chapter 12: Ralph's Hunt

Angela

In chapter 12, Jack and all of his tribe hunt for Ralph. During this hunt they lite the entire island on fire in search for Ralph. They stay right in front of the line of fire making sure they don't miss a thing as they sweep through. Ralph hides in a few different sets of thickets having to stab someone each time to escape them. Jack and his tribes full intent is to kill on this mission and they will stop at nothing to find Ralph. Before jack has his chance, Ralph sprinting toward the beach runs straight into a naval officer that believes they are are playing some sort of game. All the boys have changed so much and in this hunt, they are truly hunting another boy, With intent to kill him all because their "cheif" doesn't like him.

Chapter 10: Dead Piggy

Chapter 9: Killing of Simon

In chapter 10 Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric go to Castle Rock to confront Jack and his tribe about stealing Piggy's glasses. When Piggy stands up for himself Roger releases a boulder that throws Piggy off the cliff and kills him. Jack's tribe is proud of killing Piggy and they threaten Ralph that they will do the same to him. Then the entire tribe starts to attack Ralph, but he gets away.

This hunt is similar to the others because Jack is leading the hunt and his tribe joins in. It is different because Roger is actually the one to kill Piggy without being told to do so. his is the first hunt where the boys knowingly kill another boy for fun. They have become more vicious and they see Piggy as a pig. "Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed"(Golding 181). To the boys, killing Piggy is just as cruel as killing a pig. Golding is pointing out here that there is evil in every man and it becomes more evident as conflict arises.

Barry

Chapter 8: Killing of The Sow

The ritual of the reenactment and the chant contribute to the killing of Simon in this hunt. Though the boys aren't actually hunting for a pig, they end up becoming wild, full of excitement, and begin to "dance" at the feast. Simon comes crawling in, and during the middle of this frenzy he gets killed by the boys, for they "mistaken" him to be the beast. Its obvious the boys realize they are killing Simon not a pig, but they are too demented, and they have become too wild and crazy that they don't care. All they want is to kill a beast.

This hunt is very different from the others, for it is the first time they kill one of their own instead of a pig. The characters have changed from not only hunters, but murderers as well. Golding proves his point that men are evil.

Angela

This hunt is where the Lord of the Flies truly is introduced. Jack and his tribe go hunting in which they come across a sow. They become extremely happy when they kill it, and they stick the the sow's head on a stick as an offering for the beast. At this point the the tribes are split, but all of Ralph's tribe except for him and Piggy go help to kill the sow. When Simon sees the pig head it begins to "talk" to him and tells him "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are" (Golding 143). This suggests that the actual beast lies within everyone. This means that is is natural of men to become evil and kill when they are afraid and hold too much power.

This hunt shows how the boys are becoming more evil and gruesome. The boys are becoming cold killers, and they are becoming more violent. At this point all innocence is gone, and they are happy while hunting. Golding is showing how the boys have evolved in an evil manner as they have gone under Jack's power.

Harley

Chapter 7: Ralph's First Hunt

Harley

Chapter Four: First successful hunt

In this chapter, the boys reenact the hunt

of Ralph stabbing the boar and it running away.

They didn't kill the pig, but it was the first time

for Ralph to harm one. Jack gets hurt in this hunt because he gets cut by its tusk. While reenacting the hunt, the boys get carried away in the madness and excitement of it all and almost kill Robert. "They got his arms and by a sudden thick excitement, grabbed Eric's spear and jabbed at Robert with it" (Golding 114). They also continued the ritual of the chant, only this time it was at Robert, not a pig.

This hunt was different because Ralph was now hunting, not just jack. It was also an unsuccessful hunt that led to hurting one of the boys. The boys began to all enjoy hunting more showing their loss of innocence and natural appetite for hunting.

In the first successful hunt, the hunters enter the shelter chanting about their killing of a pig in the jungle. They are all excited and still have adrenaline pumping even after the killing. After they killed the pig, the boys gutted it and put on a thick sharpened stick. In excitement, they performed many rituals. "He smeared on the clay...He turned a half-concealed face up to Roger and answered the incomprehension of his gaze. 'For hunting. Like in the war. You know-dazzle paint. Like things trying to look like something else-' He twisted in the urgency of telling. '-Like moths on a tree trunk'...He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling" (Golding 63).

This hunt is different from the first hunt because Jack and the hunters have now killed. "'There was lashings of blood,' said Jack, laughing and shuddering, 'you should have seen it" (Golding 69). This shows the transition of all of the hunters and the beginning of corruption. In this chapter, Golding shows how being in control of something feeds a man power.

Chapter One: Jack's first encounter

Harley

Sara

In this chapter, Jack and the newly founded hunters attempt to make their first kill. As they are overcome with excitement, they nervously corner a pig in the jungle. The boys were terrified over their first hunt. In the ritual, Ralph suggests to Jack "'You should stick a pig,'...'They always talk about sticking a pig'" (Golding 31). This angered Jack because he felt as if Ralph was calling him out in front of all the other boys.

This hunt is similar to the other hunts because it is lead by Jack and the hunters. It is however the only hunt where no human or animal is harmed. Jack also shows his nervousness and just how hesitant he is to kill the pig. This is the first step of the boys losing their innocence. With this hunt, Golding is showing that all men are natural hunters

Sara