Get Annual Plans at a discount when you buy 2 or more! Now it touched the first of the stains that seeped from the broken body and the creatures made a moving patch of light as they gathered at the edge. Rhetoric triumphs for Jack despite the harm he has caused with his negligence and misplaced priorities. It shows how much they like killing and being wild, The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self- consciousness- page 64-symbolism- jack was wearing a mask-the mask symbolizes uncivilization/savagery he is hiding himself from civilization, what would a beast eat?..We eat pig-page 83- foreshadowing-they were trying to find out more about the beast- if the beast is really a human, and the beast eats pig then that might mean that something happens to piggy because of the hunters, Are we savages or what?-page 170-foreshadowing-this is Ralph asking why they cant keep the fire going- this is foreshadowing that they will all/most of them will turn into savages, Remember how we went hunting and the fire went out, a ship passed? Jack has begun to think like an animal, as when he explains his rationale for the dazzle paint. Disheartened by the group's dishevelment and dirt, he spends time staring out at the vastness of the sea and realizing how high the odds are against rescue. Lord of the Flies Chapter 4 Summary & Analysis | LitCharts In LTF the boys struggle in deciding whether or not to become savage and wild or continue as a peaceful, orderly society. Use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Subscribe now. Lord of the Flies by William Golding: Ch. 4 - Study.com How do Ralph and Piggy view Simon's death in Lord of the Flies? He, then, "sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was good after all." The boys recognize that Ralph is opening up the floodgates of aggression and dislike, which civilized conventions are intended to control. Civilized and savage blame each other for the subconscious fear they both feel: that the beast lies within them. Teachers and parents!