For me, the most disturbing scene in chapter 8 of Lord of The Flies, was the part that the hunters gruesomely slaughtered the pig, and decided to leave the head for the beast. They don't even know that the beast is just a figure of their imagination. They really made the beast themselves. The actual beast is the horror of when humans lose their rules, which was shown in the evil of the slaughter of the pig. Really, they're just feeding their very own demonic selves.
The way the author wrote of the pig slaughter was the most gruesome part. The guts of the pig all over the ground and the one falling out of the head it self really showed how gruesome they really are. They just let the blood and parts of the pig fall out of the pig head and on to the ground, so then the flies were going after the pig. This then gave the effect of the Lord of the Flies, so then made the pig head seem like it was the ruler of the flies, and they were kind of worshiping the pig head. However, the other meaning of Lord of Flies, is the Hebrew meaning of it, Beezlebub, which is another way to say Satan. This shows the evil of the whole story.
This was also a very important part of the story. It showed the ideals and ways of Jack, who had split away from the rest of the group in the beginning of the chapter. This was kind of him proving to the other boys that he was the person who was going to have fun, the person who was going to get them food, and, the person who was going to slaughter anything in his path. Maybe even the "beast". This part and the raiding of Ralph's camp, really show what Jack really is. HE'S NUTS.
Before the spearing of the pig head, the brutality of the slaughtering of the pig, is very gruesome. They speared the pig very times, and it had to run away. It showed how horrible the pig slaughter was. It was the pig running away with the spears in its flank and them going in deeper, and deeper, really showed the total grossness of the hunt. It showed how insane the boys have gone. It showed the taboo of their actions. The way the author wrote this chapter of the story was to further inforce the character Simon's point. Maybe, we, humans, are the beasts.
The way the author wrote of the pig slaughter was the most gruesome part. The guts of the pig all over the ground and the one falling out of the head it self really showed how gruesome they really are. They just let the blood and parts of the pig fall out of the pig head and on to the ground, so then the flies were going after the pig. This then gave the effect of the Lord of the Flies, so then made the pig head seem like it was the ruler of the flies, and they were kind of worshiping the pig head. However, the other meaning of Lord of Flies, is the Hebrew meaning of it, Beezlebub, which is another way to say Satan. This shows the evil of the whole story.
This was also a very important part of the story. It showed the ideals and ways of Jack, who had split away from the rest of the group in the beginning of the chapter. This was kind of him proving to the other boys that he was the person who was going to have fun, the person who was going to get them food, and, the person who was going to slaughter anything in his path. Maybe even the "beast". This part and the raiding of Ralph's camp, really show what Jack really is. HE'S NUTS.
Before the spearing of the pig head, the brutality of the slaughtering of the pig, is very gruesome. They speared the pig very times, and it had to run away. It showed how horrible the pig slaughter was. It was the pig running away with the spears in its flank and them going in deeper, and deeper, really showed the total grossness of the hunt. It showed how insane the boys have gone. It showed the taboo of their actions. The way the author wrote this chapter of the story was to further inforce the character Simon's point. Maybe, we, humans, are the beasts.
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