Critical essay quotes - Character

Question 1

1.

Answer 1

“‘You’re talking too much. Shut up fatty.’”

Question 2

2.

Answer 2

“‘I ought to be chief’, said Jack with simple arrogance, ‘because I’m chapter chorister and head boy.’”

Question 3

3.

Answer 3

“‘And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there - telling people what to do. You can’t hunt’
‘I’m chief. I was chosen.’
‘Why should choosing make any difference?’”

Question 4

4.

Answer 4

“Bollocks to the rules.”

Question 5

5.

Answer 5

“Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms; authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape.”

Question 6

6

Answer 6

“Suddenly Jack bounded out from the tribe and began screaming wildly. ‘See? See? That’s what you’ll get! I mean that! There isn’t a tribe for you anymore! The conch is gone.’ … Viciously, with full intention he hurled his spear at Ralph.”

Question 7

7.

Answer 7

“Someone laughed excitedly, and a voice shouted. ‘Smoke!’”

Question 8

8.

Answer 8

“Rodger sharpened a stick at both ends.”