Jack Flashcards
Jack and being childish- ‘Kids’ names…’
‘… why should I be Jack? I’m Merridew’
Jack’s treatment of others- ‘Shut up…’
-‘I ought…’
‘Fatty’
‘to be chief’
Jack and savagery- ‘Jack slashed…’
‘at [a flower] with his knife’
Jack and civilisation vs. savagery- ‘Lots of…’
‘rules!… Then when anyone breaks em-‘
Jack and civilisation- ‘After all…’
‘we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything’
Jack and savagery- ‘The madness…’
‘came into his eyes again’
Jack and civilisation vs. savagery- ‘Because the rules are…’
‘the only thing we’ve got!’ But Jack was shouting against him. ‘Bollocks to the rules!’
Jack and civilisation- ‘Couldn’t let…’
‘you do it on your own’
Jack and savagery- ‘He made…’
‘one cheek and one eye-socket white, then rubbed red over the other half’
Jack and war- ‘Jack, knowing…’
‘this was the crisis, charged too’
Jack and war/ savagery/ loss of innocence- ‘Viciously, with…’
‘full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph’
