Lord Of The Flies Chapter 4: Painted faces And Long hair :: English Literature

Lord Of The Flies Chapter 4 motley faces And Long hairAt the beginning of this chapter the railroad tie with moral coif andcivilisation is still present This is noticeable when Roger isthrowing stones but makes sure they do no hit Henry. This is becausethe taboo of the old life is still strong, set the squattingchild was the protection of parents and school and policemen and thelaw However at that place is a suggestion that civilisation is becomingremote for the boys Rogers arm was learn by a civilisation thatnew nothing of him and was in ruins civilization is a distant memory.Roger and Maurice are beginning to behave differently to contendds thelittluns. They kicked their lynchpin castles over, buried the flowers andscattered the chosen stones. They enjoy doing this, something theywould have not make in their past life as they would have beenpunished by their parents. Maurice realises this while walking away ashe still felt the unease of a wrong-doing. This shows that altho ughthey have broken away from their past life, by rule breaking, theystill have a sense of right and wrong. honourable standards are underthreat in this new environment. rogues standards and morals have been eroded. He claims that his warpaint is for camouflage and will help him when he is hunting, Theydont smell me. They see me. He claims. Jack is excited by his newappearance. However the war paint removes him from his oldidentity. The others are appalled as Jack began to dance and hislaughter became a bloodthirsty snarling. He takes on primitivenessand leaves posterior the rules and laws from his previous life.The war paint mask appeared to be taking control the mask was a thingon its own and it compelled them Jack had left behind his shameand self consciousness.Piggy is trying to maintain a link with civilisation by suggestingthey could make a sundial. However this is treated with irony andridicule from Ralph and an airplane, and a TV set and a steamengine. Piggy, tart to b e accepted misinterprets Ralphs smile as a loving gesture but Ralph becomes dismissive and moves away.The boys suddenly realise that their fire has foregone out and a shippasses by without seeing them. Ralph hears the hunting processions chant led by Jack. During the early days Jack could not do work himself to kill a pig.However killing has now become acceptable. The boys twisting in thehunt have broken what was earlier, a taboo. Not whole are they nowprepared to kill, they actually take real amusement in doing so Kill