Piggy's Savagery

On their way back home to London, a group of schoolboys’ aircraft was shot down from an ongoing war, and they find themselves deserted on a tropical, inhabited peninsula. Evidently, at first, the youngsters are unused to the natural aspect of the environment on the island. Before the horrific plane crash, we can assume that the children went to school on a daily basis and sat down throughout the entire day in a nice room with a cool temperature flow. You can only imagine what shock and confusion the boys were in. Various boys had different first instincts while initially stepping on this island. For example, Piggy was upset and concerned about how they were going to survive without an adult figure by their side. However, Ralph was delighted
The different aspects of the island represent various things. Every area has significance. Starting with the mountain, the fire is kindled at the top of the mountain because the mountain represents the peak of the boys hopes. Naturally, the fire represents life and survival. We see later that when the beast’s presence contaminates the mountain with fear, the very thought of rescue is dissolved from a majority of the boy’s minds as they accept and start displaying their inner savagery. The Pig run is a representation of savagery because it is where Jack and the hunters come up with most of their meat. It is also one of the many paths a man can walk in the jungle. This particular path is the one Jack takes and it leads to destruction. A quote establishing how Golding demonstrates the value of the wild, savage aspect of the pig track is: “boys flung themselves wildly from the pig track and scrabbled in the creepers, screaming” (113). His word choice demonstrates the tone when describing the pig run. He employs words like “wildly”, “screaming” and “scrabbled” which define the savage mood of this passage. On the other hand, the beach is a place where the boys feel the most comfortable, even slightly relaxed. The boys have a platform on the beach for all their “political discussions”. They even moved the fire here after a scare with the beast on the mountain. We see that Golding’s writing is different than when he is narrating the pig track: “Ralph trotted down the pale beach and jumped onto the platform. The conch still glimmered by the chief’s seat.” (p 168). The tone is more joyous and cheerful as we find words like “glimmered” or “trotted”, which for the most part are lively words. In this novel, the boys who are still civilized go to clean off in the bathing pool. In this bathing pool, signs of savagery are removed. Last but not least, the island as a whole represents the