chapter 2 Flashcards

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1
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“before I could kill it..

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but next time!” (Jack)

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2
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“We’ll have rules!…

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he cried excitedly- “Lots of rules!” (Jack)

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3
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“all the same you need…

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an army-for hunting” (Jack)

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4
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“Jack slammed his knife into a trunk…

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and looked round challenginingly”

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5
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“we’ll have to have hands up…

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like at school” (Ralph)

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6
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“while we’re waiting…

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we can have a good time on this island”

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7
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what is significant about the boys talking about Coral Island?

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Golding wrote LoTF as a response to Coral Island and how unrealistic it is

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8
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“this is our island…

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it’s a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun” (Ralph)

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8
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“Let him have the conch”…

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shouted Piggy “Let him have it”

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9
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“Ralph explained…

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kindly”

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10
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“But if there was a snake…

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we’d hunt it and kill it” (Jack)

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11
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“We want to have fun…

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and we want to be rescued” (Ralph)

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12
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“We want to be rescued…

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and of course we shall be rescued” (Ralph)

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13
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“Ralph flushed…

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looking sideways at Piggy’s open admiration”

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14
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“We must make…

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a fire” (Ralph)

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15
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“Ralph was left…

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holding the conch, with no one but Piggy”

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16
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“Like kids!….

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he said scornfully. Acting like a crowd of kids” (Piggy)

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17
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“He caressed….

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the shell respectfully (Piggy)

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18
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“with the martyred…

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expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children”

19
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“trees, forced by the damp heat…

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found too little soil for full growth, fell early and decayed”

20
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“his specs…

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use them as burning glasses” (Jack)

21
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“most of the wood was so rotten that when they pulled…

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it broke up into a shower of fragments and woodlice and decay, but some trunks came out in one piece”

22
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“Piggy was surrounded….

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before he could back away”

23
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“His voice rose…

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to a shriek of terror as Jack snatched the glasses off his face”

24
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“Give ‘em back…

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I can hardly see! You’ll break the conch”

25
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“We used his specs…

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He helped that way” (Simon)

26
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“I got the conch…

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said Piggy indignantly. You let me speak!”

27
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“Jack turned fiercely…

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“You shut up!”

28
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“We’ve got to have special people…

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for looking after the fire” (Ralph)

29
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“we ought..

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to have more rules (Ralph)

30
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“Piggy opened his mouth to speak…

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caught Jack’s eye and shut it again”

31
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“We’re not savages…

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We’re English and the English are best at everything” (Jack)

32
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“Perhaps we’ll…

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never be rescued” (Roger)

33
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“Daring, indignant…

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Piggy took the conch”

34
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“they stirred and began…

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to shout him down” (Piggy)

35
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“If I say anything, cried Piggy, with bitter realism, you say shut up…

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but if Jack or Maurice or Simon. (Piggy)

36
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“at the sight of the flames…

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and the irresistible course of the fire, the boys broke into shrill, excited cheering”

37
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“I got the conch…

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said Piggy, in a hurt voice. I got a right to speak”

38
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“they looked at him with eyes…

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that lacked interest in what they saw” (Piggy)

39
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“Piggy glanced..

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nervously into Hell”

40
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“You’re always scared…

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Yah Fatty!” (Jack)

41
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“I got the conch…

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aint I Ralph?” (Piggy)

42
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“But the first time Ralph says fire…

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you goes howling and screaming up this here mountain. Like a pack of kids!” (Piggy)

43
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“How can you expect…

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to be rescued if you don’t put things first and act proper” (Piggy)

44
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“Won’t we look funny…

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if the whole island burns up?” (Piggy)

45
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“The little ‘uns…

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Who took any notice of ‘em? Who knows how many we got? (Piggy)

46
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“That little ‘un…

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gasped Piggy- him with the mark on his face, I don’t see him. Where is he now?” (Piggy)