[Piggy:] "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!"
"I got the conch!" said Piggy indignantly. "Ralph--they ought to shut up, oughtn't they? You shut up, you littluns! What I mean is that I don't agree about this here fear. Of course there isn't nothing to be afraid of in the forest. Why--I been there myself! You'll be talking about ghosts and such things next. We know what goes on and if there's something wrong, there's someone to put it right."
He took off his glasses and blinked at them. The sun had gone as if the light had been turned off. [...]
"Life," said Piggy expansively, "is scientific, that's what it is. In a year or two when the war's over they'll be traveling to Mars and back. I know there isn't no beast--not with claws and all that, I mean--but I know there isn't no fear either."
Piggy paused.
"Unless--"
Ralph moved restlessly.
"Unless what?"
"Unless we get frightened of people." (83-84)
This excerpt is very interesting to me and important to the book. This is interesting to me because it shows how the different characters think of the beast and what it is. The beast is a very interesting topic in general to me throughout the whole book. The beast represents the evil inside us and I think Piggy in this passage is understanding that their is evil in the world but there is also good. Piggy is trying to show this to everyone.
This excerpt is very important to the book in many ways. It is important to the book because it shows that Piggy and Jack have differing views and do not get along. This excerpt is also important because it shows a little bit of what the beast. The beast is not a physical beast but something inside every human. This excerpt is one of the most important in the book
"Pig."
"We eat pig."
"Piggy!"
"I got the conch!" said Piggy indignantly. "Ralph--they ought to shut up, oughtn't they? You shut up, you littluns! What I mean is that I don't agree about this here fear. Of course there isn't nothing to be afraid of in the forest. Why--I been there myself! You'll be talking about ghosts and such things next. We know what goes on and if there's something wrong, there's someone to put it right."
He took off his glasses and blinked at them. The sun had gone as if the light had been turned off. [...]
"Life," said Piggy expansively, "is scientific, that's what it is. In a year or two when the war's over they'll be traveling to Mars and back. I know there isn't no beast--not with claws and all that, I mean--but I know there isn't no fear either."
Piggy paused.
"Unless--"
Ralph moved restlessly.
"Unless what?"
"Unless we get frightened of people." (83-84)
This excerpt is very interesting to me and important to the book. This is interesting to me because it shows how the different characters think of the beast and what it is. The beast is a very interesting topic in general to me throughout the whole book. The beast represents the evil inside us and I think Piggy in this passage is understanding that their is evil in the world but there is also good. Piggy is trying to show this to everyone.
This excerpt is very important to the book in many ways. It is important to the book because it shows that Piggy and Jack have differing views and do not get along. This excerpt is also important because it shows a little bit of what the beast. The beast is not a physical beast but something inside every human. This excerpt is one of the most important in the book
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