LOFT quotes Flashcards
“The boys were a closed _____ of _______ with Piggy outside.”
“The boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy outside.”
“The _______ of the knife __________ and cutting into _____ flesh…”
“The enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh…”
_____: “Acting like a ______ of _____!”
Piggy: “Acting like a crowd of kids!”
Roger: “Roger’s arm was _________ by a _________ that knew nothing of him and was in _____.”
Roger: “Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.”
“The _____ was a thing on its own, behind which ____ hid, __________ from shame and self-__________.”
“The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.”
Simon: “Maybe there is a ______… _______ it’s only us.”
Simon: “Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.”
“The world, that __________ and ______ world, was _____away.”
“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.”
“This dreadful ______ from an unknown world made her ______.”
“This dreadful eruption from an unknown world made her frantic.”
_____: “How could we - ____ - it?”
jack: “How could we - kill - it?”
_____: “Let the ___ go then, for __-night.”
Ralph: “Let the fire go then, for to-night.”
“His head opened and _____ came out and ______ red.”
“His head opened and stuff came out and turned red.”
“I should have _______ that a ____ of ____ boys… would have been able to put up a better ____ than that…”
“I should have thought that a pack of British boys… would have been able to put up a better show than that…”
“____ wept for the end of ________, the ______ of man’s heart and the fall through the air of the ____, wise friend called ______.”
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”
“You could see now that he _____ make a _______ … There was a _________ about his eyes that _____________ no devil”
Ralph - “you could see now that he might make a good boxer … There was a mildness about his eyes that proclaimed no devil”
“_____ to take a place in this ___________ but partly_______ society”
Ralph - “Eager to take a place in the demented but partly secure society”
