"'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.'"
( Golding 83 )
The excerpt dialogue is taken from Chapter 5 of The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding. Still struggling to solve the "beast" problem, the boys have an assembly to discuss the lack of discipline the boys been showing. At the meeting, Jack takes the conch and enforces in  a dictatorial manner that if the beast existed, which he doubted, his hunters and him would kill it. Piggy is outraged by the lack of reasoning the group has that makes them believe in the existence of this beast. The dialogue happens at that meeting starting with Piggy. I chose this dialogue because it foreshadows Piggy's final destiny. 

Analysis: The dialogue is ironic. Not only is the beast not real but one finds the similar connection between Piggy's name to the actual pig. By saying the beast eats Piggy, it is referring to the consumption savagery did on the boys who ended up killing Piggy, therefore the beast ate Piggy. That was a symbolic meaning but if we consider a literal perspective, one will find this book addresses the topic of bullying, both psychologically (Jack's satisfaction of putting someone down) and physically (the violence the older kids show). 



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