Foreshadowing In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

The foreshadowing of Simon’s death is shown when the boys violently kill a sow. Jack and his tribe seek out to find meat to eat. They finally stumble upon a sow and violently murder the poor and innocent creature. The author writes, “He giggled and flecked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms. Then Jack grabbed Maurice and rubbed the stuff over his cheeks”. (Golding, 135). The sickening details of this scene delineates the boys as savage, especially their entertainment as Roger gradually push his spear into the torment stricken creature's rear-end. In view of their interest with Roger's activity, the young men reenact this scene a few times. Jack opening the sow's throat and together with his hunters and he places the head on a

He's innocent and has done no harm, yet the boys kill him. The reader becomes queasy and afraid, beginning to realizes that this violent killing may not only happen to an animal, but to a human too. This foreshadows that the boys may be capable of far more killing an animal. Simon's vicious killing occurs in exactly the same way, and he was just as innocent as the poor sow. This scene also foreshadows his death because the boys killing the pig is their first extreme savage act and their first actions that show that they are no longer civilized. The boys even stick the pigs head on spear and call it their gift to the beast, “The head is for the beast. It's a gift” (Golding, 137). The impurity of this scene gives readers a look into what's to come. This foreshadows Simon's death because it shows that if they treat a pig this bad, they are going to do worse stuff to a human. The purpose of this scene is to show the finish of guiltlessness and human progress and start of viciousness. Amid the eagerly awaited devour, the boys assault and severely kill Simon with their hands and teeth. This scene also shows that the the societies rules no longer apply to the