Fear

Question 1

initially, fear is presented…
(ch.1+2)

Answer 1

through piggy

Question 2

finish the quote: ‘intimidated by…

Answer 2

…the uniformed superiority’

Question 3

finish the quote: ‘nobody knows…

Answer 3

..where we are’

Question 4

finish the quote: ‘d’you think…

Answer 4

…we’re safe down here’

Question 5

finish the quote: ‘his lips quivered…

Answer 5

…and the spectacles were dimmed with mist’

Question 6

initially, fear is presented…

Answer 6

through littl’uns

Question 7

finish the quote: ‘they suffered untold…

Answer 7

…terrors in the dark and huddled together for comfort’

Question 8

finish the quote: ‘they talk..

Answer 8

…and scream’

Question 9

initially, fear is presented…
(ch.1)

Answer 9

through violence

Question 10

finish the quote: ‘because of the enormity of the knife descending…

Answer 10

…and cutting into living flesh’

Question 11

finish the quote: ‘the unbearable…

Answer 11

…blood’

Question 12

finish the quote: ‘the place of…

Answer 12

…terror. jack’s face was white under the freckles’

Question 13

finish the quote: ‘what an enormity…

Answer 13

…a downward stroke would be’

Question 14

throughout the course of the novel, fear is presented…
(ch.5+6)

Answer 14

through the beast

Question 15

finish the quote: ‘the vivid horror of this…

Answer 15

…so possible and nakedly terrifying, held them all silent’

Question 16

‘The vivid horror of this, so possible and so nakedly terrifying, held them
all silent’

Answer 16

• ‘horror’ and ‘terrifying’ depict the scale of fear the boys are now suffering; ‘vivid’ and ‘possible’ emphasises this fear is no longer a dream, but a reality

Question 17

finish the quote: ‘something big…

Answer 17

…and horrid moving in the trees’

Question 18

finish the quote: ‘they became motionless, gripped…

Answer 18

…in each other’s arms, four unwinking eyes aimed and two mouths open’

Question 19

‘they became motionless, gripped in each other’s arms, four unwinking eyes aimed and two mouths open’

Answer 19

• their unwavering fear of the beast magnified their experience from merely seeing the movement of the dead parachutist to seeing a threat and consequently caused them to experience the sight before them more terrifying
• ‘motionless’ -> paralysed with fear
• the effects of fear affected the boys individually - fear can easily distort reality

Question 20

throughout the course of the novel, fear is presented…
(ch.5+6)

Answer 20

through jack’s manipulation of the boys

Question 21

finish the quote: ‘we’re strong…

Answer 21

… - we hunt!’

Question 22

finish the quote: ‘if there’s a beast, we’ll…

Answer 22

…hunt it down! we’ll close it in and beat and beat and beat’

Question 23

‘We’re strong―we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat―!’

Answer 23

• manipulates and uses the boys’ fear to his advantage - makes hunting seem necessary for safety -> increases his power
• makes the beast seem more real
• takes advantage of the chaos caused by the boys’ fear of the beast and excitement about hunting it - to gain power

Question 24

finish the quote: ‘this is a…

Answer 24

…hunter’s job’

Question 25

throughout the course of the novel, fear is presented... (ch.5+6)

Answer 25

darkness

Question 26

finish the quote: 'soon the darkness was....

Answer 26

...full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace'

Question 27

'soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace'

Answer 27

- symbolic of vulnerability - darkness is the founder of the beast and a manifest of the boys' fears

Question 28

finish the quote: 'a thin wail...

Answer 28

...out of the darkness chilled them and sent them grabbing for each other'

Question 29

throughout the end of the novel, fear is presented...

Answer 29

through samn'eric

Question 30

finish the quote: 'samneric lay...

Answer 30

...looking up in quiet terror'

Question 31

finish the quote: 'the twins had..

Answer 31

...grabbed each other and were gibbering'

Question 32

finish the quote: 'sam spoke in a strangled voice...

Answer 32

...you don't know roger . he's a terror'

Question 33

throughout the end of the novel, fear is presented...

Answer 33

through ralph's reactions to their involvement in simon's death

Question 34

finish the quote: 'I'm frightened. Of...

Answer 34

... us. I want to go home. Oh God, I want to go home'

Question 35

'I'm frightened. Of us. I want to go home. Oh God, I want to go home'

Answer 35

- he is becoming scared of the beast within them

Question 36

finish the quote: 'he was...

Answer 36

...shivering'

Question 37

finish the quote: 'ralph shuddered...

Answer 37

...at the human contact'

Question 38

throughout the end of the novel, fear is presented...

Answer 38

through ralph

Question 39

finish the quote: 'there was a shout from beyond the thicket...

Answer 39

...and then ralph was running with the swiftness of fear through the undergrowth'

Question 40

'there was a shout from beyond the thicket and then ralph was running with the swiftness of fear through the undergrowth'

Answer 40

- fear is a basic survival mechanism that signals when danger is present - in this case, fear had saved ralph's life -> adrenaline caused him to escape the threats to his life