chapter 10 Flashcards

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“there’s some littluns… (Piggy)

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they don’t count”(Ralph)

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“the coarse grass was still worn away…

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where the assembly used to sit”

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“the fragile white conch…

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still gleamed by the polished seat”

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“Simon…

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Piggy said nothing but nodded, solemnly”

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“he took the shell…

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caressingly with both hands” (Ralph)

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“That was Simon (Ralph)….

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“You said that before” (Piggy) “That was murder” (Ralph

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“It was dark…

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there was that-that bloody dance”

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“Don’t you understand, Piggy?

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The things we did”

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“P’raps he was only…

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pretending (Piggy talking about Simon)

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10
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“it was an…

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accident (Piggy)

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“Coming in the dark…

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he hadn’t no business crawling like that out the dark” (Piggy)

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“he was batty…

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he asked for it” (Piggy)

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“I’m frightened…

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Of us. I want to go home. Oh God, I want to go home” (Ralph)

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“he touched Ralph’s bare shoulder…

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and Ralph shuddered at the human contact” (Piggy)

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“We was on the outside…

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We never done nothing, we never seen nothing” (Piggy)

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16
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“the air was heavy…

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with unspoken knowledge”

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“Robert leaned lightly on the lever…

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and the rock groaned”

18
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“a full effort would send the rock…

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thundering down to the neck of land. Roger admired”

19
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“he got angry and made us tie Wilfred up…

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he’s been tied for hours-waiting”

20
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“assimilating the possibilities…

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of irresponsible authority” (Roger)

21
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“the chief was sitting there…

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naked to the waist, his face blocked out in white and red” (Jack)

22
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“the newly beaten and untied Wilfred…

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was sniffing noisily in the background”

23
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“the double function…

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of the fire”

24
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“was to be a hearth now…

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and a comfort until they slept”

25
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“there was something good about a fire…

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something overwhelmingly good” (Ralph)

26
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“there was a vicious snarling…

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in the mouth of the shelter and the plunge and thump of living things”

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“a complication…

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of snarls and crashes and flying limbs”

28
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“hitting…

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biting, scratching”

29
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“a fist withdrew and came back like…

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a piston”

30
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“Ralph twisted sideways on top of a writhing body…

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and felt hot breath on his cheek”

31
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“he began to pound the mouth…

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below him, using his clenched fist as a hammer”

32
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“he hit with more and more…

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passionate hysteria”

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“the night was cool and purged…

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of immediate terror”

34
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“he was a chief now in truth…

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and he made stabbing motions with his spear”

35
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“from his left hand…

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dangled Piggy’s broken glasses”