This is displayed with how even Ralph and Piggy join the dance that leads to the death of Simon,“Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society. They were glad to touch the brown backs of the fence that hemmed in the terror and made it governable”(152). In this scene, the use of the word “eager” to express Ralph and Piggy’s enthusiasm provides a deep contrast with the use of the imagery to describe the situation. The imagery, such as the words “demented” and “hemmed in the terror”, give off a negative connotation that displays the underlying mood of the situation. Ralph and Piggy fail to see the trouble of the circumstances and even they fall into the dance and play a role in Simon’s murder. Throughout the book, every time Jack’s tribe performs the dance and chant it is a symbol of savagery that escalates in violence each time it is executed. showing how it encourages their brutal actions. Even though Ralph and Piggy are considered an outlying remainder of the civilized group, even they were capable of murder when carried away by the dance, proving the individual’s natural capacity for brutality when violence is encouraged by others. This
This is displayed with how even Ralph and Piggy join the dance that leads to the death of Simon,“Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society. They were glad to touch the brown backs of the fence that hemmed in the terror and made it governable”(152). In this scene, the use of the word “eager” to express Ralph and Piggy’s enthusiasm provides a deep contrast with the use of the imagery to describe the situation. The imagery, such as the words “demented” and “hemmed in the terror”, give off a negative connotation that displays the underlying mood of the situation. Ralph and Piggy fail to see the trouble of the circumstances and even they fall into the dance and play a role in Simon’s murder. Throughout the book, every time Jack’s tribe performs the dance and chant it is a symbol of savagery that escalates in violence each time it is executed. showing how it encourages their brutal actions. Even though Ralph and Piggy are considered an outlying remainder of the civilized group, even they were capable of murder when carried away by the dance, proving the individual’s natural capacity for brutality when violence is encouraged by others. This