Jack Flashcards
Quote to describe jack
inside the floating cloak he was tall thin and bony:and his hair was red beneath the black cap
What is his hair symbolic of
his short fiery temper and how he can “easily turn to anger”
connotations of red
danger - which jack is by the end of the book as he is the main part in the killing of Simon
also associated with blood which jack becomes obsessed with as the book progresses
Quote that is descriptive of death
“thin and bony” “ugly without silliness”
quote of Jack killing the pig
“jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands. the sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled apon her”
How does golding make it clear when jack turns savage
uses imagery to portray him as an animal
“less a hunter than a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees”
Quote summing up jacks priority on island
“all you talk about is Pig.Pig.Pig.”
Quote showing the intensity of jacks savagery
“he tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up”
What does jacks mask do to the boys
“compelled” then
Quote about jacks tongue
a triangle of startling pink dart out, pass along his lips and vanish again”
Quote of cannibalism
there were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws
quote showing the contrast between jack at the start and end of the book
“the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh”
Quote showing how jack is no longer savage once faced with civilisation
“a little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair…started forward then changed his mind and stood still”
Quote where jack leaves
I’m going off by myself. he can catch his own pigs. anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too
Quote where the boys become one being
“the throb and stamp of a single organism”
“the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed”
