Connotation In Savagery

Savagery is a influencing, evil force that challenges the purity of mankind, and is underestimated by its true strength. Golding plays with the concept of human nature in the plot of Lord of the Flies by having a group of boys getting marooned on a deserted island with no adults, forcing them to strategize and work together in order to survive. Chapter 9 especially highlights the major themes that Golding is trying to convey in his book. While Simon uncovers the true identity of the beast, the other boys have a feast, where they eat pig and enact tribal dances. Simon finally arrives only to be mistaken as the Beast, and is murdered in cold sight. Chapter 9 is a morbid section of the novel, as it goes into deep description of their cruel actions

In chapter 9 of Lord of the Flies, William Golding employs symbolism, animal imagery, and diction to convey the theme that any civilization is capable of committing savage acts as a form of defense against their

Chapter 9 focuses mainly on using negative connotation and verb usage to intensify the events that are occuring. Negative connotation in this chapter is shown in the following selection as “A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly.” (152). This method in the chapter helps escalate the growing tension of negative emotions of hate that exists between the beast and man, making the boys become more barbaric as they defend themselves. Verb usage also helps the reader understand how emotions affect their actions, especially within this chapter. While the boys are killing Simon, their behavior is shown as “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt onto the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore.” (153). During the confrontation of “beast” and the boys, all of the emotional build up is at its peak, and flows out of them as they strike the monster with all their strength. Without the strong verb choice in this chapter, the message of evil and furious behavior would have not shown that they are becoming savage as a form of protection. The intensity of the boys transition to savagery is shown promptly in this chapter through negative connotation and verb usage, supporting that boys from a civilized culture can be pressured into committing savage acts as a form of