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1
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who are the main charecters (lotf)

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piggy, ralph, jack, simon, roger

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who are the minor charecters

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little-uns, sam n eric, the beast, navel officer

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who does piggy represent

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-the female voice
-the disadvantaged
-lowerclass

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whats a quote to show piggy representingh the female voice

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‘my auntie says’

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what society is LOTF set in (year)

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1940’s

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what quotes show piggy to be disadvantaged

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‘my asthma’
‘shut up fatty’
‘shut up you fat slug’
‘my specs’
‘piggy’

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what quote shows jack physically abusing piggy

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‘stuck his fist in piggys stomache’

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what quote shows piggy frustrated that his glasses were broken

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‘i’ve only got one eye’

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what quote shows roger killing piggy

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“with a sense of delireous abandonment he put all his weight on the lever”

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what quote shows piggy dead

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“he twitched like a pig”

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what quote shows the conch break

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“exploded into a thousand fragments and ceased to exist”

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what does the destruction of the conch signify

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the loss of hope and democracy

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how does piggy describe the conch

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“delicite”
“ever so expesive”

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what shows piggys concern to the situation with adults

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“arent there any grown-ups “

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what shows that piggy is invaluable

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his specs started the fire and “i cant think like piggy “

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what is piggy (ID, EGO or SUPEREGO)

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SUPEREGO

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who does jack represent

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upper-class, elitists, hitler

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what does jacks hair indicate

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he has red hair that connotates anger

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what is jack (ID, EGO or SUPEREGO)

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ID- lead by the pleasure principle

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jack and zoomorphism

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“apelike among the trees”

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what quote shows jacks self righteousness

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“i aught to be chief because im head chorister and can sing a c sharp”

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who was the quickest to desend into savagery

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jack

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what quotes show jacks obsession with the pigs

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“i’d like to kill a pig first” (before being rescued)

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what is the chant about the pigs

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“kill the pig, cut her throught, spill the blood”

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what quote shows jacks beginning innocence

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“the enormity of the knife”

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what quotes (2) shows jack rejecting the rules

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“bolloks to the rules”
“im not playing your games anymore”

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what order did the quior boys descend

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chior boys- hunters- savages- demonic figures

28
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what does the conch symbolise

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democracy and civilisation

29
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who does ralph symbolise

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democracy, middle class and churchill

30
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what is ralph (ID EGO or SUPEREGO)

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EGO- balance between jack and piggy

31
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what does the fire represent

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hope and rescue

32
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what quotes (2) show the fires significance

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“the fire is the most important thing”
“you let the fire out”

33
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what is the fire (ID EGO or SUPEREGO)

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EGO- is is hope yet it can be dangerous (kills birthmark boy)

34
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what is the meat symbolic of

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sin (the apple in the origonal sin)

35
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what is a quote to show zoomorthism whilst eating the meat

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“gnaweed it like a wolf”

36
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what are the pigs symbolic of

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the jews in WWII

37
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who is roger symbolic of

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the sadists in society (terrorists)

38
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who is simon symbolic of

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jesus christ

39
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why is simon representative of jesus christ

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-hes linked to nature
-he never eats the meat
-line breaks between him and everyone else

40
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what is a quote showing simons welcoming death

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“open arms of the sea welcomed him in”

41
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what is the island representative of

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a microcosmic scociety (the garden of eden)

42
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what quotes show goldings belief of “mankinds essential illness”

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“mankinds essential illness”
“darkness of mans heart”

43
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what context made golding think the way he does

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  • he lived through both wourld wars
  • he served in WWII
  • he was a school teacher
  • he experienced D-Day
44
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what quote shows the end of innocence

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“ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of mans heart and his true and wise friend piggy”

45
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what quotes show ralphs privilage

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“built like a boxer”
“fair boy”
“golden boy”

46
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what quotes show ralphs ignorance to the less advantaged

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“sucks you your asthma “
“piggy”

47
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what does ralph have at the end of the novel that resonate with golding

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PTSD

48
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what quote shows RALPHS savegery

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“the power to squeese and hurt was overmastering”

49
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what shows ralphs EGO

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he hunts pigs and knows that he enjoys it but he still does important thuings like taking care of the fire

50
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what are 2 key words used to describe simon

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“batty” “queer”

51
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what quote shows simon defending piggys usefulness

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“we used his specs… he helped that way”

52
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what quote shows simon helping the little-uns

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“simon found for them, fruit they could not reach… passed them down to countless outstretched hands”

53
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what quote shows the sound of simons death

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“there was no sound but the tearing of teeth and claws”

54
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what quote shows simon refusing the meat (apple)

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“shoved his meat over the rocks to piggy”

55
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what quote shows simons secrete area

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” a secrete place in a clearing full of flowers and butterflies that danced”

56
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what quote shows simons body moving to the sea

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“simons dead body moved out towards the open sea”

57
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what quote shows rogers darkness

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“he was noticably darker”

58
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what quote shows roger killing pigs

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“prodding with his spear whever pig flesh appeared”

59
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whats a simple quote for rogers spear

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“sharpened a stick at both ends”

60
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what quote shows rogers origonal temptation

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“threw a stone to miss” “taboo of the old life”

61
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what quote shows samneric explaining roger

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“you dont know roger, hes a terror”

62
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what quote shows how ralph is alike them all when killing pigs

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“ralph too was fighting to get near”

63
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what quotes show piggys responsibility (maturity)

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“what would grown-ups think”
“acting like a bunch of kids”

64
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what quote shows piggy using the power of the conch

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“ive got the conch ive got a right to speak”

65
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what quote shows simons knowlage of the beast

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“maybie there is a beast maybie its only us”

66
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‘rogers arm…

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…was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins’

67
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simons death- what do the waves do

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“it touched the first of the stains that seeped from the broken body”

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