Lord of the flies

Lord of the Flies

Cry of the Hunters.

Chapter 12 brings the culmination of all things evil. Following the murder of Piggy and the capture of the twins, Samneric by the tribe, Ralph is left alone, with the realisation that Jack and his followers have taken the final step over the line from civilisation to savagery. Ralph attempts to convince himself that the tribe cannot be as evil as they seem. To someone like Ralph, who has attempted to maintain some sense of their old life, the descendance into unrestrained barbarism is too much to accept, and yet somehow he realises that his controlled approach to their situation is actually a threat to Jack, which must be eliminated.

While wondering the forest, Ralph comes upon the skull of the pig, to him it seems to symbolise the wickedness of the situation, and he smashes it

“A sick fear and rage swept him. Fiercely he hit put at the filthy thing in front of him that bobbed like a toy and came back, still grinning into his fac...