English semester two - lord of the flies

Question 1

CH1   
“’ Let’s have a vote.’
‘Yes!’
‘Vote for a chief!’
‘Let’s vote – ‘
This toy of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch.”

Answer 1

T; Repetition

PP; Ralph represents democracy

Question 2

CH1

“I ought to be chief , because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp”

Answer 2

T: characterisation

pp; Jack represents communism

Question 3

CH1

“he shouted an order and they halted.”

Answer 3

T ; characterisation , high modality

pp: Fear creates power

Question 4

CH2
“Startled, Ralph realized that the boys were falling still and silent, feeling the beginnings of awe at the power set free below them. The knowledge and awe made him savage.”

Answer 4

T; Metaphor

PP; Everyone at their deepest roots are inherently evil

Question 5

CH2

“ but if there was a snake we’d hunt it and kill it.”

Answer 5

T; Inclusive language

PP; Fear unifies people together

Question 6

CH2

“him with the mark on his face, I don’t see him. where is he now?”

Answer 6

t ; Rhetorical question

pp ; Powerful people have power over others

Question 7

CH3

‘compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up’

Answer 7

t; Metaphor

PP; Everyone at their deepest roots are evil

Question 8

CH3

‘the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness’

Answer 8

t ; Metaphor

pp ; People remain ignorant about the true nature of human beings when they live in civilized society, but they give up more easily to their animalistic instincts.

Question 9

CH3
‘He made one cheek and eye-socket white,he rubbed red over the other half of his face and slashed a black bar of charcoal across from right eat to left jaw’

Answer 9

t ; Religious allegory

PP ; When people feel detached from themselves their true instincts kick in

Question 10

CH4

“For hunting. Like in the war. You know- dazzle paint.”

Answer 10

t ; Irony

PP; Hunting is a primal instinct inherent in all people

Question 11

CH4

[Jack] began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.

Answer 11

t ; Metaphor , zoomorphism

pp ; Often times, when individuals get a taste for power they will fight to prevent losing that power and strive to get more, which can lead to significant consequences as the balance of power shifts.

Question 12

CH4
The hunters’ thoughts were crowded with memories […] of the knowledge […] that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.

Answer 12

t; Metaphor

pp ; Fear of the unknown leads people to act illogically and even to abandon their ethics and principles.

Question 13

CH4
“I was chief, and you were going to do what I said. You talk. But you can’t even build huts—then you go off hunting and let out the fire.”

Answer 13

t ; Divisive language

pp; Making the other person look weak makes you look stronger

Question 14

CH5

“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong- we hunt! If theres a beast, well hunt it down!”

Answer 14

t ; Inclusive language, Strong language

pp ; Fear of the unknown

Question 15

CH5

“Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.”

Answer 15

t; Weak language

pp; Everyone at their deepest roots are evil

Question 16

CH5

“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”

Answer 16

t ; Rhetorical question

pp; Everyone at their deepest roots are evil

Question 17

CH6
“Conch! Conch!….We don’t need the conch anymore. We know who ought to say things. What good did Simon do speaking, or Bill, or Walter? It’s time some people knew they’ve got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us.”

Answer 17

t ; Symbolism

pp; Tyrannical leaders hate rules

Question 18

CH6
“Simon, walking in front of Ralph, felt a flicker of incredulity—a beast with claws that scratched, that sat on a mountain-top, that left no tracks and yet was not fast enough to catch Samneric. However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick.”

Answer 18

t ; Third person

pp ; Evil lies innately within the heart of every man

Question 19

CH6
“Even the sounds of nightmare from the other shelters no longer reached him, for he was back to where came from, feeding the ponies with sugar over the garden wall.”

Answer 19

t ; dramtic irony , metaphor

pp; darkness within

Question 20

CH7

“Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” Yelled the boys.

Answer 20

t ; “Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” Yelled the boys.

pp; Jack allows his hunters to satisfy their primitive desires to kill gaining him popularity and power

Question 21

CH10

“No! How could we–kill–it?”

Answer 21

t ; hyperbole , pauses , truncated sentenses

pp ; control of the news / news , fake news approach

Question 22

CH8
“jack went on blowing till the shelters were astir and the hunters crept to the platform …… ralph rose obediently, and piggy”

Answer 22

t ; visual imagery

pp ; Jack uses the power of the conch to challenge ralphs authority and undermine his leadership.

Question 23

CH8
“ive called an assembly said jack … first you know now we have seen the beast. We crawled up. We were only a few feet away. The beast sat up and looked at us. I don’t know what it does “

Answer 23

t; Sensationalism, hyperbole and truncated sentences

pp; Fear as a device of power play

Question 24

CH8

“ralph thinks your cowards, running away from the boar and the beast. And that’s not all”

Answer 24

t ; Divisive language

pp; Manipulation through the creation of speculative and allusive statements as a form of power play

Question 25

CH8

“hands up” said jack strongly “whoever wants ralph to not be chief “

Answer 25

t; High modality and assertive language , hyperbole

pp ; The with or against me attitude to undermine / threaten ralphs power

Question 26

CH8
“im not going to play any longer. Not with you” … “I’m going off by myself. He catches his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too” - jack

Answer 26

t ; Self-emasculation, low modality language, pathos

pp; Playing to victim to gain power through sympathy

Question 27

CH9

“she squealed and bucked and the air was full of sweat and noise and blood and terror”

Answer 27

t ; Graphic accumulative listing, pathos

pp ; Unnecessary violence and inhumanity to represent the leaders power structure (fascism)

Question 28

CH9
“listen all of you. Me and my hunters, were living along the beach down by the flat rock. We hunt and feast and have fun. If you want to join my tribe come and see us. Perhaps I’ll let you join, perhaps not.

Answer 28

t ; High modality language, persuasive and divisive language.

pp ; Exclusivity as a form of persuasion to gain power

Question 29

CH9
“jack , painted and garlanded , sat there like an idol , there were piles of meat on green leaves near him , and fruit , and. Coconut shells full of drink.”

Answer 29

t ; Accumulative listing, simile

pp ; Jacks self likening of himself to a god to hold complete power

Question 30

CH9

“take some meat”…. “has everyone eaten as much as they want ? “

Answer 30

t; Imperative language

pp; Food as a persuasive technique to gain power and loyalty

Question 31

CH10
“the chief was sitting there , naked to the waist , his face blocked out in red and white. The tribe lay in a semi circle before him .the newly beaten and untied Wilfred was sniffing noisily in the background.”

Answer 31

t ; the use of anonymity

pp; Violence as an assertion of power to bring about unity

Question 32

CH10

“the beast might try to come in. you remember how he crawled -“

Answer 32

t ; Sensationalism , hyperbole

pp ; - Sensationalism as a fear tactic

• Fear as powerplay
• Fear to control children

Question 33

CH10
“we shall take the fire from the others. Listen. Tomorrow we will hunt and get meat. Tonight ill go along with two hunters”

Answer 33

t ; Assertive , commanding and high modality language

pp; ‘beat them when their down’ approach to powerplay

Question 34

CH11
The booing rose and died again as Piggy lifted the white, magic shell.

“Which is better –to be a pack of painted Indians like you are, or to be sensible like Ralph is?”

A great clamor rose among the savages. Piggy shouted again.

“Which is better –to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?”

Again the clamor and again – “Zup!”

Ralph shouted against the noise.

“Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?”

Now Jack was yelling too and Ralph could no longer make himself heard. Jack had backed right against the tribe and they were a solid mass of menace that bristled with spears.

Answer 34

t ; Rhetorical question

pp; The conch as a device of powerplay

Question 35

CH11
The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy, saying nothing, with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock, turning over as he went […]. Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red. Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed.

Answer 35

t; zoomorphism , graphic imagery , symbolism

pp; The murder of law , order and rationality a device of powerplay

Question 36

CH11
You can see who I am!” [Ralph] shouted. “Stop being silly!”
He put the conch to his lips and began to blow. Savages appeared, painted out of recognition, edging round the ledge toward the neck. They carried spears and disposed themselves to defend the entrance.

Answer 36

t; High modality , assertive language , zoomorphism , hyperbole

pp ; Assertion of identity among anonymity as a form of powerplay

Question 37

CH11
There was silence, except for the multitudinous murmur of the bees. At last Piggy spoke, kindly.

“’Course we have. ’Cos the smoke’s a signal and we can’t be rescued if we don’t have smoke.”

Answer 37

t ; truncated sentences , high modality language

pp ; Smoke as a device of powerplay as a symbol of rebellion against jacks tribe

Question 38

CH12
“Her bows [were] hauled up and held by two ratings. In the stern-sheets another rating held a sub-machine gun.”

the marines had been attracted by the fire of the forest.

Answer 38

t ; visual imagery

pp ; The symbol fire as the boys avenue of rescue representing the final powerplay