LOTF Post #8

In this chapter, Jack decides to kill a pig and have a feast to try and get the people left in Ralph’s group to his tribe. His attempt at making the beast back off and not bother is a sacrifice. He and the boys who choose him over Ralph's group go off to hunt for pigs, and once they find a trail, they follow it and it leads them to a bug group of wild pigs.

The boys slowly crept up until a thin screen of underbrush separated them from the hot, fat pigs. Jack gave the signal and a shower of spears rained down upon the sow they were after, a nursing female, I thought it was really sad,but it was the largest in the group. Two spears took their mark and punctured the pig’s hide, while another caught a piglet that stumbled into the waves. That almost made me cry. The large pig staggered upright and ran off through the forest.

The boys chase after her for a very long amount of time but that didnt bother them with tracking her down, as a bloody trail followed her. Finally they reached a quiet and beautiful are where butterflies dance in the humid air. The pig collapses on the woven mat of creepers and the boys launch themselves upon her, stabbing wherever they could. At last, when Jack slices her throat, the sow’s sufferings cease and she crumples beneath them. The boys, breathing hard from their demoniac performance get off the pig and start laughing. Jack paunches the pig and when he is through, he cuts of the head and asks for a spear from one of the boys. He sticks the pig head on the spear and says out loud, “This head is for the beast. It’s a gift”, and they all run off to thier own buisness.
The reason I thought this was terrifying was because I love animals, and hearing, reading, seeing animals die is realy scary to me. Not just because they're dying but the way they move when they're dying, the sounds they make are really scary. Plus it shows how savage and hearless people can be twoards animals.