Important Quotations Flashcards
The Beast
‘Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along …Then the creature stepped from the mirage on to clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not shadow but mostly clothing.’
The Fire
“You got your small fire all right.”… ‘the boys were falling still and silent, feeling the beginnings of awe at the power set free below them.’
Civilisation VS Savagery
‘Roger gathered a handful of stones and began o throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards of diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law.’
The Beast - Jack’s response
“…fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream. There aren’t any beasts to be afraid of on this island . . . Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!”
The Lord of the Flies
“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?”
Piggy
“I just take the conch to say this. I can’t see no more and I got to get my glasses back. Awful things has been done on this island. I voted for you for chief. He’s the only one who ever got anything done. So now you speak, Ralph, and tell us what. Or else—”
Piggy’s death
‘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. ‘
Evil
‘Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.’
