Quotes From Lord Of The Flies Dialectical Journal Analysis

Dialectical Journal

Quotation from Lord of the Flies

Commentary

“I hit him all right. The spear stuck in. I wounded him!” (124)

Ralph joins Jack and the hunters in the hunt for the pig and gets caught up in the excitement of the kill. Prior to this, Ralph has been the voice of reason and common sense on the island. Now, he has let his urge to kill take over, and he is obviously excited and enjoying it.

2. “Oh yes. Without the fire we can’t be rescued. So we must stay by the fire and make smoke.” (156).

At this point, some of Ralph’s followers have joined Jack and his hunters. This means that more of the boys are focused on hunting and killing and fewer are concentrating on getting rescued.

3. “Fancy thinking the Beast was something

you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you?” (158)
Simon is in the wilderness face to face with the bloodied pig’s head. He imagines that it is talking to him and telling him that there is no beast other than the “beast” that lives within all human beings. It is apparent at this point in the story, that most of the boys have become more savage and less concerned with the value of human life.
4. I know. They didn’t come for the conch. They came for something else. Ralph- what am I going to do?” (186)
Ralph’s group is attacked by Jack’s group one night and they take Piggy’s glasses. These glasses are not only important for Piggy to see, but they can be used to continually make fires on the island. As well as having great practical value, they symbolize scientific knowledge.
See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I meant that! There isn’t a tribe for you any more! The conch is gone-” (201).
Jack tells Ralph this after the conch is shattered, Piggy is just killed and Sam and Eric are be forced to join Jack’s group. Ralph has no more followers with his two main sidekicks Simon and Piggy having died. Now with the conch broken too, Ralph is alone with no power or ways of getting rescued.