"The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering." -Chapter 7
This was when they went out to look for the beast, and they haven't known of its true existence. Ralph believed that he had found it, but it was just a boar. This is when the line came in, as all the boys started to jab Robert. The line then came from Ralph when he tried to get in on the action and jab at Robert.
This happened because the boys were now in shock and trauma because they fear the "beast" and this trauma cause much anger and is leading them into becoming a savage. As Ralph is shown screaming at the others when he was not listened to, that showed he was hesitating in fear. Ralph changed a lot under stress, because he wanted to lead the kids home, and wasn't prepared to cope with such problems. This happens a lot in life. When someone takes a role and then doesn't understand the dangers and responsibility that comes with that role until the unexpected scenario appears. For example, there have been many people who enlist as policemen just be able to enjoy the thrill of catching bad guys and getting paid, while eating donuts. Though they didn't enlist for the heroic part of the profession, where they could die any day, but whiling protecting their city.
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