chapter 7 Flashcards

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“he would like to have a pair of scissors…

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and cut this hair- cut this filthy hair” (Ralph)

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“he would like to have a bath…

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a proper wallow with soap” (Ralph)

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“hair, much too long…

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tangled here and there” (littluns)

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“he discovered with a little fall of the heart…

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that these were the conditions he took as normal” (Ralph)

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“You’ll get back…

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to where you came from” (Simon)

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“You’ll get back all right…

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I think so anyway” (Simon to Ralph)

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“You’re batty…

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Simon shook his head violently till the coarse black hair flew backwards and forwards across his face”

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“everything was all right…

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everything was good-humored and friendly” (Ralph)

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“he sunned himself in their new respect….

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and felt that hunting was good after all” (Ralph)

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10
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“I hit him all right. The spear…

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stuck in. I wounded him! (Ralph)

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“Robert squealed in mock terror…

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then in real pain”

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“Ralph, carried away…

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by a sudden thick excitement, grabbed Eric’s spear and jabbed at Robert with it”

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“all at once, Robert was screaming…

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and struggling with the strength of frenzy”

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14
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“Jack had him by the hair…

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and was brandishing his knife”

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“The chant rose ritually…

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as at the last moment of a dance or a hunt”

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16
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“Ralph too was fighting to get near…

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to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering”

17
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“the heaving circle cheered…

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and made pig-dying noises”

18
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“then they lay quiet…

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panting, listening to Robert’s frightened snivels”

19
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“that was a good…

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game” (Jack)

20
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“Just a game….

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Ralph said uneasily”

21
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“you could get someone to dress up as a pig…

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and then he could act- you know, pretend to knock me over and all that”

22
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“because you’ve got to kill him…

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“Use a littlun, said Jack, and everyone laughed”

23
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“not scared so much…

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as paralysed” (Ralph)

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“something like a great ape…

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was sitting asleep with its head between its knees”