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

Lord Of The Flies Chapter 4 Painted faces And farseeing hairAt the beginning of this chapter the link with moral order andcivilization 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, Round the crouchchild was the protection of p atomic number 18nts and school and policemen and thelaw However there is a suggestion that polish is becomingremote for the boys Rogers arm was conditioned by a civilisation thatnew no issue of him and was in ruins Civilisation is a distant memory.Roger and Maurice are beginning to be let differently towards thelittluns. They kicked their sand castles over, conceal the flowers andscattered the chosen stones. They enjoy doing this, something theywould have not done in their past life as they would have beenpunished by their parents. Maurice realises this opus walking away ashe still felt the queasiness of a wrong-doing. This shows that althou ghthey have broken away from their past life, by master breaking, theystill have a sense of right and wrong. Moral standards are underthreat in this new environment.Jacks standards and morals have been eroded. He claims that his war pigment is for camouflage and will help him when he is hunting, Theydont smell me. They see me. He claims. Jack is crazy by his newappearance. However the war paint removes him from his previousidentity. The others are appal take as Jack began to dance and hislaughter became a butcherly snarling. He takes on primitivenessand leaves behind 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 confuseand self consciousness.Piggy is trying to maintain a link with civilisation by suggestingthey could make a sundial. However this is treated with sarcasm and banter from Ralph and an airplane, and a TV set and a steamengine. Piggy, keen to be accepted misinterprets Ralphs smile as afriendly intercommunicate but Ralph becomes dismissive and moves away.The boys suddenly realise that their fire has gone step to the fore and a shippasses by without seeing them. Ralph hears the hunting processionschanting led by Jack. During the early days Jack could not bring himself to extinguish a pig.However killing has now become acceptable. The boys involved in thehunt have broken what was earlier, a taboo. Not only are they nowprepared to kill, they actually take real pleasure in doing so Kill