# Quote — William Golding, Lord of the Flies

> Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife. Roger found a lodgment for his point and began to push till he was leaning his whole weight. The spear moved forward inch by inch and the terrified squealing became a high-pitched scream. Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands. The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her. The butterflies still danced, preoccupied in the center of the clearing.

- Author: [William Golding](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding.md)
- Book: [Lord of the Flies](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/lord-of-the-flies.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/lord-of-the-flies/jack-was-on-top

## More from this book

> "Aren't you going to swim?"
>
> Piggy shook his head.
>
> "I can't swim. I wasn't allowed. My asthma—"
>
> "Sucks to your ass-mar!"
>
> Piggy bore this with a kind of humble patience.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/lord-of-the-flies/arent-you-going.md)

> However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/lord-of-the-flies/however-simon-thought.md)

> "You want a pig," said Roger, "like in a real hunt."
>
> "Or someone to pretend," said Jack. "You could get someone to dress up as a pig and then he could act — you know, pretend to knock me over and all that —"
>
> "You want a real pig," said Robert, still caressing his rump, "because you've got to kill him."
>
> "Use a littlun," said Jack, and everybody laughed.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/william-golding/lord-of-the-flies/you-want-a-pig.md)