At a certain point in the book, Jack and his hunter's chant changes from "Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Bash her in!" to "Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!" At first they were referring to it as a female which is usually done to address an animal. I'm not saying that this chant is ok or normal in anyway but the fact that they're referring to it as an animal is better than changing it to a male, which can be taken to the fact that if it were a human they'd do the same because using "his" and "him" seems as if they're referring to any living thing, such as a human. This just shows the boys savagary even more as they don't care for killing humans which is proven even further by the death of Simon and Piggy.
-Nathan Knodel
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Excellent observation and good attention to detail, Nathan. I had not noticed that, but you're right; the shift to 'him' also draws our minds to the fact that all of the island's inhabitants are boys, and it's hard to ignore the group's new focus on victimizing their own members.
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