In
Chapter 7, Ralph joins Jack and his hunters for the first time and
successfully wounds a boar. Ralph gets caught up in the emotion of the
hunt and allows his primitive instincts to take over. During the hunt,
Ralph spots a boar running directly at him on the pig-run. Ralph throws
his spear, which hits the boar in the nose and forces the animal to
divert its path by running into the forest. Unfortunately, the boys are
not able to kill the boar, but Ralph rejoices nonetheless at his
accomplishment of wounding a boar on his first hunt. Golding writes,
"He [Ralph] sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was good after all
