Golding uses Jack’s feelings toward blood, Jack’s reactions towards pigs, and the character of Roger to prove that as civilization decreases, the savagery within the boys increases.
Jack’s feelings toward blood proves that as civilization decreases, the savagery within the boys increases. When Jack had the chance to kill the pig and he didn’t, the boys questioned his action. Golding proves that Jack was too scared to kill the pig by saying “They knew very well why he hadn’t: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood” (Golding 31). The words “descending and cutting into living flesh” represent the action of killing something that will create an enormous mess of blood. To emphasize…show more content… The tone in Jack’s voice when he says “I was going to… I was choosing a place” is shaky and cowardly. The words “Next time” foreshadows that in the future he will not hesitate due to the loss of his civilization. This proves that he was scared to admit he was afraid to kill the pig. Another example that demonstrates the change of Jack’s reactions towards pigs is when he kills the sow. Jack was chasing the sow with an excitement to kill the sow. Golding proves that Jack is not afraid to kill the pig by saying “Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward his knife…. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her” (Golding 135). Jack was able to get on top of sow, unlike in the beginning of the chapter where he was not able to even touch her. When Jacks starts stabbing the sow it shows how overtime he changed to become this savage who is trying to kill the sow. The word ‘fulfilled’ represents the idea of him being satisfied in what he has done. He reached his full potential by killing the sow. Jack does not care about the pig anymore or about trying to find meat, he cares about having all this power over the helpless pig. He wants to show this power that he contains