Lord Of The Flies Quote Analysis

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“‘I don't agree with all Jack said, but with some. ‘Course there isn't a beast in the forest. How could there be? What would a beast eat?’ ‘Pig.’ ‘We eat pig.’ ‘Piggy!’” In the story, the group is having a meeting next to the fire after the hunters had let the fire go out. During this meeting between the boys, a topic about the beast, that all the boys fear, came up. In this conversation, the boys end up saying that the beast eats pig and then another boy screams Piggy to gain everyone's attention. This is all that's really happening in the story, however, there is a deeper meaning behind this quote. I believe there is a deeper meaning behind this quote because of how it is worded. The way that it's worded as, “‘What would a beast eat?’ ‘Pig.’

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