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”
Quite showing jacks immaturity
he doesn’t want to “play any longer, not with you”
Quote showing jack and Ralph’s initial friendship
“shy liking”
“baffled in love and hate”
Quote showing jack and Ralph’s separation
compares them to “two continents of experience and feeling. unable to communicate”
Quote showing Jack’s hatred of Ralph
“viscously and with full intent, he hurled his spear at ralph”
Quite showing how jack gains power from mask
“he was safe from shame or self contiousness behind the mask of his paint”
he degenerates to a primitive form
Quote that conveys savage attitude to democracy
“Bollocks to the rules”
Quote where jack rubs blood on Maurice
“jack grabbed Maurice and rubbed the stuff over his cheeks”
How the paint makes them savage
“freed by the paint”
best quite
“you shut up you fat slug”
“the boy who controlled them”
bossy
Quote describing jacks mask
“rubbed red over the other half of his face and slashed a black bar of charcoal across from right ear to left jaw”
colour choice symbolic of evil
Quote showing how jack disobeyed rules
“he stood up without the conch but no one seemed to mind”
foreshadows what’s to come
jacks bending of the rules
“the conch doesn’t count on this part of the island”
what does jacks say to ralph after piggys death
there isn’t a tribe for you Any more!the conch is gone
quote of Jack putting the pigs head
the head is for the best it’s a gift
quote showing jack being adored
jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol
quote showing Jack’s violence
he was on top of the sow stabbing downwards
another quote where jack become animalistic
“He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling”
