Moreover, hunting the pig drives the plot as an allegorical novel due to the long metaphors current in the scenes where the hunters are killing pigs. Consequently, the long metaphor starts when Jack, as well as the other boys, initially cannot kill a pig because the enormity of the event is weighing on the his consciousnesses. When Jack, Ralph and Simon cannot kill a pig, they feel guilt because they tried to take the life of another creature. Seemingly, Jack only paused for a second, “the pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be,” (31). Consequently, it may seem like the pause before striking is a natural response nevertheless, the deeper meaning of this scene is that the boys in their
