Hunting / Violence

Question 1

What quotes to use in this topic

Answer 1

“The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.” Said by Ralph

“Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever.”

Question 2

“There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.”

Answer 2

-Golding uses zoomorphic imagery to dehumanise the boys, comparing them to wild animals. The phrase “tearing of teeth and claws” is deeply visceral and violent, evoking the image of savage predators attacking prey.
-The dehumanisation here echoes how easily ordinary people (like soldiers or mobs) can become capable of atrocity when stripped of societal rules.