Jack flushed.
"We want meat."
"Well, we haven't got any yet. And we want shelters.
Besides, the rest of your hunters came back hours ago.
They've been swimming."
"I went on," said Jack. "I let them go. I had to go on. I-"
He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill
that was swallowing him up.
"I went on. I thought, by myself-
The madness came into his eyes again.
"I thought I might kill."
"But you didn't."
"I thought I might."
-Lord of the Flies,
William Golding
The relationship between violence and human nature is
a universal theme. How is this universal theme
developed in this excerpt?
through Ralph's emphasis on the need for shelters
O by Jack pointing out that he let his helpers go
O by Ralph pointing out that most of the boys are
relaxing
O through Jack's description of his feelings about
hunting