The most
important event of chapter 3 of The might well be something quite subtle.
It is here that the first stirrings of what will later develop into a full-blown collective
paranoid delusion occurs in 's exchange withafter he returns from hunting. Ralph mentions that
the younger boys are having nightmares about "the beast" that they believe inhabits
the island. Although the older boys discount these fears, it provokes Jack to recount a parallel
experience:
"All the samein the forest. I mean when
you're hunting, not when you're getting fruit, of course, but when you're on your
own"He paused for a moment, not sure if Ralph would take him
seriously."Go on."
"If you're hunting
sometimes you catch yourself feeling as if" He flushed suddenly.
"There's nothing in it of course. Just a feeling. But you can feel as if you're
not hunting, butbeing hunted, as if something's behind you all the time in the
jungle."
Jack goes on...
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