critical essay quotes Flashcards
quotation 1
“jack’s face disappeared under a blush of mortification”
- start of rivalry
- jealous of ralph
- used to being in charge
- embarrassed that he isn’t chief
- assumed he would be chief
- hates being second best
quotation 2
“you let the bloody fire out!”
- wants rescued
- jack is too focused on hunting
- descent into savagery
- conflict
- hacks lack of interest in civilisation
- fire is symbolic of civilisation
- jack doesn’t care what ralph thinks
- change in language
- jacks lack of maturity
- different priorities
quotation 3
“i’m not going to play any longer. not with you”
- shows their conflict
- crisis point
- lack of maturity
- doesn’t want rescue
- all fun and games
- wants to be chief
- childish
- doesn’t like the rules
- tantrum that he’s not chief
- descent into savagery is now quicker
quotation 4
“viciously, with full intent, he hurled his spear at ralph”
- becoming savage
- doesn’t care about hurting people
- tension has grown and brought to ahead
- destroy of order and civilisation
- instinct to violence is his first reaction
- no secret that jack wants ralph gone
quotation 5
“they hate you, ralph. they’re going to do you. they’re going to hunt you tomorrow… roger sharpened a stick at both ends”
- rogers evil nature displayed
- turned fully savage
- plan to hunt ralph like a pig
- reference to stick mirrors the sows head
- brutality in plans for ralph
- all sense of civilisation is now gone
- hatred for ralph stems from his insistence for order and civilisation
- samneric retain some sense of civilisation as they tell ralph about the plan
quotation 6
“ ‘he’s not fatty’ cried ralph, ‘his real names piggy!’ ”
- ralph betrays piggy’s trust
- piggy’s an outcast, victimised
- ralph’s trying to fit in
- immature
- mocking piggy
- we never find out piggy’s real name
- everyone bullies him
quotation 7
“he took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into piggy’s stomach”
- first sign of physical violence
- ‘at last’ demonstrates he has been waiting to do this for some time
- lack of respect for piggy
- catalyst for further violence
- immaturity
- response to criticism
- escalation of mocking piggy to physical assault
quotation 8
“he can’t hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing. and that’s me”
- piggy is scared of jack
- he’s aware of jacks hatred
- piggy uses ralph to protect him
- jack still respects ralph
- violence in jack is seen
quotation 9
“from his left hand dangled piggy’s broken glasses”
- they can take things from piggy without consequences
- glasses are symbolic of intelligence, without them no one can see clearly
- dangled, carefree, doesn’t care about what he’s done
- piggy can’t function now
- shows jacks disregard for him
- only chance of being found is gone
quotation 10
“piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square, red rock”
- brutal and deliberate death
- takes it one step further than simons death
- pre meditated murder
- link to the pigs death
- further steps towards complete savagery
- loss of last of civilisation
- conch symbolised order and it’s now destroyed so civilisation is now gone
quotation 11
“rogers arm was conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him”
- kept in check by rules and consequences of society
- inherent evil hasn’t yet consumed/freed him
- shows that his desire to hunt is only kept in check by fear of consequences
- society has no impact on the boys anymore but they haven’t realised this
- glimpses of rogers desire to cause harm
- foreshadows death of piggy
quotation 12
“there were no words, and no movement but the tearing of teeth and claws”
- vicious
- described in a brutal way
- boys are like savage animals attacking their prey
- carried away during their ritual dance and the death isn’t ‘planned’
- first major act of violence in the novel
- catalyst for further acts of violence
- death of the one only pure and good character, removing this from the island
quotation 13
“simon found for them the fruit they could not reach”
- shows simon is caring and he helps others
- a good character
- shows his inner goodness
- link to christ, looking after the littluns
- gentle in nature and littluns look up to him
- compassionate
quotation 14
“simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill”
- he was telling them about the beast
- trying to save the boys from themselves
- nobody payed attention
- simon knows the truth
- idea of the beast grows with the boys evil
- simons knowledge could’ve stopped this
- his death before revealing this allows the idea of the beast to grow
- too caught up in the ritual
quotation 15
“his face was… ugly without silliness. out of this face stared two light blue eyes, frustrated now, and turning… to anger”
- jacks short temper
- ralph’s first impression of jack is negative
- annoyed that there’s no adult/ no one directing things
- unpleasant description gives negative impression from the outset
- author guides us to dislike jack
