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Post by elisegrant on Feb 19, 2015 11:04:47 GMT
After they encounter the pig, they start to reenact there encounter with Robert being the pig and the rest of the boys pretend to jab him with their spears. While they are doing this, they begin their chat pf "Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!". During all of this, Ralph is fighting to get a piece of the action too as he is trying to jab Robert with his spear. It eventually comes to a stop because Robert tells them to stop because he is in pain. They are all disappointed with this. Even Ralph because he understands why they all want to hunt so much now since he threw the spear at the pig. He looses his sense of civilisation for a while and becomes more like Jack. This was unexpected for Ralph because he had very strong views against the hunting.
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Post by jemimareid on Feb 19, 2015 11:20:18 GMT
What disturbing thing do the group of hunters and Ralph do immediately after their encounter with the pig? How is Ralph's behavior surprising? What does this behavior foreshadow? After killing the pig, the boys engage in a disturbing form of role play, in which one of the boys is inherently being beat up for entertainment. It is suprising that Ralph joins in because so far, he has resisted the urge to really kill. I think this behaviour foreshadows a death of one of the boys. |
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Post by jemimareid on Feb 19, 2015 11:22:05 GMT
After they encounter the pig, they start to reenact there encounter with Robert being the pig and the rest of the boys pretend to jab him with their spears. While they are doing this, they begin their chat pf "Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!". During all of this, Ralph is fighting to get a piece of the action too as he is trying to jab Robert with his spear. It eventually comes to a stop because Robert tells them to stop because he is in pain. They are all disappointed with this. Even Ralph because he understands why they all want to hunt so much now since he threw the spear at the pig. He looses his sense of civilisation for a while and becomes more like Jack. This was unexpected for Ralph because he had very strong views against the hunting. I think that they didn't want to stop because they wanted to feel what it was like to kill a person. Not just a pig. To see if it feels just as rewarding. |
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Post by kate Fincham on Feb 22, 2015 12:39:00 GMT
After the group of hunters and Ralph encounter the pig, they pretend that Robert is the pig and jab at him with their spears. They chant "Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!". Even Ralph was fighting to get near, the desire to hunt taking control of his actions. Poor Robert is actually in pain and shouts for them to stop, and after a while they do, leaving him on the ground. This event shows that even Ralph is starting to become primitive and savage, and possibly hints that he too will eventually become like Jack and the hunters as the story progresses. I think that after this particular scene Ralph seems almost scared of his own actions at the time. I think he starts to wonder whether he is more like Jack than he first thought. |
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Post by mattsmart on Feb 26, 2015 1:26:58 GMT
The pretend that Robert is the pig and the poke and jab him, he tells them to stop because he is in pain. Ralph is now starting to become savage
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Post by allanaedgell on Mar 14, 2015 2:17:24 GMT
What disturbing thing do the group of hunters and Ralph do immediately after their encounter with the pig? How is Ralph's behavior surprising? What does this behavior foreshadow? Ralph manages to injure a wild boar, everybody starts messing around and celebrating. They are also acting out what happened. Ralph is surprisingly acting like the hunters. This comes as a shock because Ralph is usually against the hunters excitement but now he his is experiencing the thrill and loves it. Yes I agree with you, this is surprising behaviour from Ralph. We don't usually see him acting like the hunters as he represents civilisation - not savagry like the hunters. |
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