Have you ever been trapped on a deserted island? Have you ever had to hunt for your own food to survive? Have you ever been driven to the point of insanity, and began to hunt other humans? In this book, the writer did an exceptionally well job of simulating how children would react in this type of situation. In this story "The Lord of The Flies"; written by "William Golding" the killing of the pig symbolized the progression towards the death of Ralph's power on the island.
The first point to show that this is true is that when they first arrived on the island, Ralph had total control and power over the savages. The savages immediately agreed upon their arrival on the island that they needed a leader/chief. Ralph almost unanimously won by vote. "Who wants Jack for chief"? With dreary obedience the choir raised their hands. "Who wants
me?" said Ralph. Every hand outside the choir went up almost immediately except for Piggy's. Then Piggy too, raised his hand (p21). With Piggy's wisdom, Ralph provided the tribe with the idea of the conch. The savages respected Ralph's authority. They chose him to be their chief so it's only fitting that they obeyed him too.
Those were just a few ways of showing that the killing of the pig symbolized the progression towards the death of Ralph's power on the island. In the end, the children are finally rescued. Jack and his tribe had chased Ralph on to the beach where he stumbled on to a Naval Officer. The officer had come to the island because he had seen the fire that Jack's tribe set to drive Ralph out of hiding. If the Navel Officer had not been on the island, Ralph surely would have been killed.
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