civilization and savagery Flashcards
(11 cards)
Piggy and Ralph represent _______ and Jack represents _______
civilization, savagery
‘because of the enormity of…
the knife descending into flesh’
‘lets have a…
vote’ - democracy at the beginning
Piggy says “i have…
the conch” - littluns interrupt piggy as he has little power.
jack - “i’m not going to play any more…
Not with you”
MID - beast starts to _____ the boys
separate
‘burning wreckage…
of the island’ - the boys actions have had devastating effect
‘a solid mass…
of menace’ - dissolution of individual morality in favor of the safety pf mob mentality
‘the conch exploded…
into a thousand white fragments’ - end of civilization on the island. Irreparable
Jack ‘started forward then…
changed his mind’
‘The storm of sound
Beat at them, an incantation of hatred’ - C11 just before Piggy is killed. evokes a ritual, primative feel highlighting their regression into savagery. metaphor of a storm as unfeeling
