Quotes & Paraphrases
"Which is better--to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”
The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went […]. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed.
The boys kill pigs that shows savagery. The violently kill the sow they could of pick another pig to kill but instead they chose a mother. They also could of killed the pig if they really wanted meat in a much more nonviolent way.
The boys painting their faces is also savagery. They painted their faces to be tribal like with berries when they would go hunting. To be more civilized they did not have to paint their faces like animal at all.
At the beginning of the both surprisingly the boys were civilized and had rules and had order. The conch symbolized order and rules. For example so rules we to go to the restroom in strict locations, to sleep in the shelter, and to have water in the coconut shells.
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”
The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went […]. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy's arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig's after it has been killed.
The boys kill pigs that shows savagery. The violently kill the sow they could of pick another pig to kill but instead they chose a mother. They also could of killed the pig if they really wanted meat in a much more nonviolent way.
The boys painting their faces is also savagery. They painted their faces to be tribal like with berries when they would go hunting. To be more civilized they did not have to paint their faces like animal at all.
At the beginning of the both surprisingly the boys were civilized and had rules and had order. The conch symbolized order and rules. For example so rules we to go to the restroom in strict locations, to sleep in the shelter, and to have water in the coconut shells.