Examples: "So we need shelters as a sort of home." pg. 54 "We must make a fire." pg. 38 "We'll go hunting every day." pg. 75
Savagery vs civilization
Examples: "For hunting. Like in the war. You know--dazzle paint. Like things trying to look like something else." pg. 67 "Well, we won't be painted, because we aren't savages." pg. 196 "He undid the snake-clasp of his belt, lugged off his shorts and pants, and stood there naked, looking at the dazzling beach and the water." pg. 5
Unity
Examples: "Well, we won't be painted, because we aren't savages." pg. 196 "As if released from class, the choir boys stood up, chattered, piled their black cloaks on the grass." pg. 20 "Why should only you two go? If we find anything, two won't be enough." pg. 134