Explain the scene and the mindset of the boys in this quotation. Here, struck down by the heat, the sow fell and the hunters hurled themselves at her.
This dreadful eruption from an unknown world made her frantic; she squealed and bucked and
the air was full of sweat and noise and blood and terror. Roger ran round the heap, prodding
with his spear whenever pigflesh appeared. 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 with
his whole weight. The spear moved forward inch by inch and the terrified squealing became a
highpitched 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.
At last the immediacy of the kill subsided. The boys drew back, and Jack stood up,
holding out his hands.
"Look."
He giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms. Then Jack
grabbed Maurice and rubbed the stuff over his cheeks. Roger began to withdraw his spear and
boys noticed it for the first time. Robert stabilized the thing in a phrase which was received
uproariously.
"Right up her !"
"Did you hear?"
"Did you hear what he said?"
"Right up her "
This time Robert and Maurice acted the two parts; and Maurice's acting of the pig's
efforts to avoid the advancing spear was so funny that the boys cried with laughter.