Jack Flashcards
‘The boy who…,he shouted an…’
controlled them, order and they halted
(controlling)
‘He looked around…, daring them to…’
fiercely, contradict
(dictatorship)
‘less like a…, ape-like among the tangle of trees’
hunter than a furtive thing
‘We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all,… We’re English’
we’re not savages
(him before changing)
‘Authority sat on his shoulder…’
and chattered in his ear like an ape
‘struck his…into Piggy’s stomach’
fist
(violent)
‘taken away its life like…’
a long satisfying drink
(he finds pleasure in killing)
‘his laughter became a…’
bloodthirsty snarling
(transgression into violence and away from society)
‘…to the rules’
Bollocks
(rejection of conventional societal norms)
‘“I ought to be chief,” said Jack with…’
simple arrogance
(rude and wants to be chief)
‘Jack paused,…the conch’
cradling
(Jack was holding civilization in his hands which he wanted to destroy)
‘Jack had him by the hair and was…’
brandishing his knife
(taking the re-enacting of the pig killing to serious because he is so obsessed)
‘A stain in the darkness,…, detached itself and began to draw away’
a stain that was Jack
(Jack is drifting away from conventional societal norms)
About Ralph: ‘He isn’t a…. He’d never have….He isn’t a…’
hunter, got us meat, prefect
(Jack is so obsessed with hunting and believes a chief must hunt)
‘We’ll… and take fire’
raid them
(cunning)