📖Literature - Lord Of The Flies Flashcards
ralph, leadership/ authority
‘i’m chief, I’ll go. Don’t argue…’
‘i’m chief, I’ll go. Don’t argue…’
ralph, leadership/ authority
ralphs rizz
‘He might make a boxer… but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil.’
‘He might make a boxer… but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil.’
ralphs rizz
ralph, civilised
‘They had lived in a cottage… Mummy had still been with them and Daddy had come home every day.’
‘They had lived in a cottage… Mummy had still been with them and Daddy had come home every day.’
ralph, civilised
Piggy, outsider
‘Piggy was always an outsider’
‘Piggy was always an outsider’
Piggy, outsider
‘life… is scientific’
Piggy, Rational/ Logical
Piggy, Rational/ Logical
‘life… is scientific’
Piggy, organiser
‘the first thing we ought to have made was shelters.’
‘the first thing we ought to have made was shelters.’
Piggy, organiser
Roger, watchful/ stalking
‘roger remained, watching the littluns.’
‘roger remained, watching the littluns.’
Roger, watchful/ stalking
Jack, savagery
A bloodthirsty snarling
A bloodthirsty snarling
Jack, savagery
You’re breaking the rules!
Jack, Rule breaker
Jack, Rule breaker
You’re breaking the rules!
“All sit down.” “So you shut up”
Jack, tyrant
Jack, tyrant
“All sit down.” “So you shut up”
Simon “pulled the choicest from up in the foliage”
Simon, considerate
Simon, considerate
Simon “pulled the choicest from up in the foliage”
‘You knew didn’t you?’
Simon, perseptive
Simon, perseptive
‘You knew didn’t you?’
He reached the great mat that was woven by the open space and crawled inside
Simon, solitary
Simon, solitary
He reached the great mat that was woven by the open space and crawled inside
- Symbolic imagery: brains better than brawn/ civilisation better than savagery.
“But I tell you that smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one.” Ralph
“But I tell you that smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one.”
Ralph
- Symbolic imagery: brains better than brawn/ civilisation better than savagery.
“Things are breaking up. I don’t understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then – …Then people started getting frightened.” Ralph
- Semi-colon and dashes emphasise how the boys are breaking up/fractured. The structure mirrors the content
“The world, that understandable and lawful word, was slipping away. Once there was this and that; and now – and the ship had gone. Ralph
- Embedded clauses make that world seem even more distant. Dash emphasises the seriousness of missing the ship.
“Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.” Ralph
- Violence is almost personified here/given power over the boys. Violent verbs.
“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.” Ralph
- Triples – emphasises what Ralph has lost on the island.
“Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains.” Piggy
- Description – Piggy is ridiculed for his appearance but represents intelligence/ civilisation on the island.
“Piggy was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination to manual labour.”piggy
- Listing – emphasises differences between Piggy and the other boys and shows his ‘otherness’
“Acting like a crowd of kids”.piggy
- Short sentence – Expresses Piggy’s intelligence and maturity, but also represents him as outsider and civilised opposed to savage.
“It was an accident… and that’s that” piggy
Noun – “accident” – removing blame/ trying to justify killing of Simon. Refers to ‘it’ – can’t mention the word. this protectiveness is representitive of piggy’s motherlike thematical characteristic
“I just take the conch to say this. I can’t see no more and I got to get my glasses back”. Piggy
Symbolic imagery – Glasses symbolise order/civilisation – boys taking Piggy’s glasses is like them trying to take civilisation away.
“I got the conch!” Piggy
Short sentence – conch symbolises order – should be enough to allow Piggy to speak but others reject this symbol.
“the true, wise friend called Piggy”. Piggy
Adjectives – summarises Piggy throughout novel.
“with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children” piggy
– metaphorical parent – symbolises intelligence and protection. “martyred” suggests holy while “senseless” emphasises senseless killings.
His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness” Jack
Imagery – typical antagonist from first description.
“See? They do what I want.”Jack
Rhetorical question and short statement – emphasises Jack’s power and control over choir.
“the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood” Jack
Imagery – Jack is unable to kill pig at first – violent imagery explains why this task was difficult.
“All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!” Ralph says angrily (about Jack)
Repetition – emphasises that this is all that Jack care about. Pig/killing/savagery.
“they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will on it, taken away its life” Jack
Triples – after killing the pig. Jack celebrates killing and taking control/power. Celebrating.
“His voice was vicious” Jack
Short sentence – cutting and direct. Adjective implies evil/ brutality.
“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong - we hunt!” Jack
Obscene language – reflects lack of order/parents/civilisation. Emphasises lack of respect for these things. Collective pronouns suggests unity
“We don’t need the conch any more” Jack
Collective pronoun – group but Jack is still leader. Abandons rules/civilisation
“I agree with Ralph. We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English.” Jack
Ironic that Jack says this at the start but he is possibly most savage and introduces concept of savagery with hunting/masks.
“He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.” Jack
Metaphorically being consumed by the desire to kill – makes the desire to harm seem more powerful than anything.
“If you’re hunting sometimes… you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but – being hunted.” Jack
Paranoia setting in/ fight for survival.
“…the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” Jack
Metaphor for savagery. Mask gives Jack freedom/disguise so he can act outside of social norms.
“I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you.” Jack
Childish language – reinforces the fact that they are just children after all. Idea of game getting out of hand.
“slight” and “furtive”. Roger
Animalistic imagery – described like a cat/ predator. Links to his desire to hunt and kill.
“The shock of black hair, down his nape and low on his forehead, seemed to suit his gloomy face and make what had seemed at first unsociable remoteness in to something foreboding.” Roger
Dark imagery – suits his dark characteristics. Could be symbolic of death (kills Piggy)
“carried death in his hands” Roger
Metaphor – emphasises the power and destruction he wields on the island.
“…there was a space around Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life.” Roger
At start Roger still controlled by rules/order and doesn’t harm boys. Eventually this is stripped away.
“a skinny, vivid little boy” Simon
Imagery – adjective ‘vivid’ could link to his dreams/visions but also means bright/shining which could like to his knowledge/symbol of hope.
“Like candles. Candle bushes. Candle bud.” Simon
Repetition – emphasise his brightness/symbol of hope but also that his life is extinguished
“He’s queer. He’s funny.” Piggy says “He’s cracked”. Simon
Triples – emphasises Simon’s difference – even more ironic coming from Piggy who is also different
He has “a secret place in a clearing full of flowers and butterflies” Simon
Natural imagery – links to calm/sensitive characteristics.
“He walked with an accustomed tread through the fruit trees.” Simon
Natural imagery – at one with nature. Knows the paths/ routes.
“maybe there is a beast… What I mean is… maybe it’s only us” Simon
Simon is the only character to work out that their only fear/ only threat is each other. Repetition of ‘maybe’ and use of ellipses – links to uncertainty and lack of confidence
“The waves turned the corpse gently in the water. … Softly, surrounded by a fringe of bright inquisitive creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea” Simon
Gentle adverbs to emphasise his gentleness. Light imagery represents his goodness and ‘Christ-like’ characteristics.
“The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.”Simon
Refers to the pig’s head talking to Simon when he hallucinated. Alliteration. Simon knew the truth – messenger – links to Jesus.
