Character quotes Flashcards
Ralph
-ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness in mans heart
-they looked at each other,baffled, in love and hate
-There aren’t any grownups.We shall have to look after ourselves
-that was murder
-eyes that proclaimed no devil
-fires the most important thing on the island, because, because-
-The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering
Jack
-Jack hid liberated from shame and self consciousness
-we’ve got to have rules and obey them…we’re not savages.We’re english
-shut up,fatty
-his mind was crowded with memories
-they looked at each other,baffled, in love and hate
-jack smacked piggys head
-authority sat in his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape
-Bollocks to the rules
-Jack’s laughter turned into a bloodthirsty snarling
Piggy
-we ought to have a meeting
-give me my specs
-we was on the outside we never done nothing
-acting like a crowd of kids
-arms and legs twitched a bit,like a pig’s after it has been killed
-He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat…looked up through his thick spectacles
Simon
-what i mean is…maybe it’s only us
-simon’s bright body moved out towards open sea
-we used his specs…he helped that way
-i wanted-to go to a place- a place only i know
-fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill! you knew, didnt you?im part of you?
Roger
-hangman horror clung round him
-Roger remained watching the littluns
-The dark boy,Roger,stirred at last and spoke up