chapter 11 Flashcards

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1
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“Eric looked down at him through…

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a mask of dried blood”

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2
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“after all we aren’t…

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savages really” (Ralph)

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3
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“and there was that other kid who had a mark…

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on his face. Who’s seen him since we first come here?” (Piggy)

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4
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“they understood only too well…

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the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought”

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5
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“an imitation…

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war- cry that was answered by a dozen boys”

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6
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“savages appeared…

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painted out of recognition, edging round the ledge toward the neck”

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“Roger took up a small stone…

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and flung it between the twins, aiming to miss”

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8
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“some source of power…

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began to pulse in Roger’s body”

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“the sniggering of the savages…

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became a loud derisive jeer”

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10
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“Jack made a rush…

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and stabbed at Ralph’s chest with his spear”

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11
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“he pushed his hair up and gazed…

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at the green and black mask before him, trying to remember what Jack looked like” (Ralph)

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“the shivering, silvery, unreal laughter…

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of the savages sprayed out and echoed away

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13
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“Samneric protested out of…

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the heart of civlisation”

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14
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“You’re a best and a swine…

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and a bloody, bloody thief!” (Ralph speaking about Jack)

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15
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“Someone was throwing…

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stones: Roger was dropping them, his one hand still on the lever”

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16
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“\below him, Ralph was…

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a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat”

17
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“Which is better- to have…

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rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?” (Piggy)

18
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Which is better…

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law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?” (Piggy)

19
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“a solid mass of menace…

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that bristled with spears”

20
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“High overhead, Roger…

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with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever”

21
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“the monstrous…

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red thing bounded across the neck”

22
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“the rock struck Piggy..

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a glancing blow from chin to knee”

23
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“the conch exploded into a thousand…

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white fragments and ceased to exist”

24
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“Piggy fell forty feet…

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and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea”

25
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“his head opened…

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and stuff came out and turned red”

26
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“Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit…

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like a pig’s after it has been killed”

27
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“the sea breathed in a long..

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slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock”

28
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“sucking back again…

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the body of Piggy was gone”

29
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“viciously, with full intention..

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he hurled his spear at Ralph”

30
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“the paint tore the skin and flesh…

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over Ralph’s ribs, then sheared off and fell in the water”

31
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“Ralph stumbled…

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feeling not pain but panic”

32
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“anonymous devils”…

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faces swarmed across the neck”

33
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“the hangman’s horror…

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clung round him”

34
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“Roger advanced upon them…

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as one wielding a nameless authority”