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Lord Of The Flies Chapter 8 Analysis

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In Chapter 8 of Lord of the Flies by William Golding in this Chapter. Once the dead body of parachutist has been found and mistaken for the monster, the boys begin to believe in the existence of the beast. Jack resists Ralphs leadership and offers a hunt to kill a mother pig. When the pig is killed all the remaining morality and civilization diminishes in favour of savagery. Ralphs original democracy devolves into a dictatorship with Jack as a dictator and the beast both viewed as something to be feared . The pigs head on the wooden stake is seen as an offering to the beast instead of what should have been usually a victory statement. Jack uses the fear of the beast to control the boys. It would appear that the boys cannot separate their civilized

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