Lord Of The Flies Flashcards
“Let’s have a ____”
Roger-“let’s have a vote” early on in the book he wants democracy but become very disobedient
“If Simon walks in the middle of us we can talk over his head”
Symbolises how Simon stopped an violence or arguments on the island
“We ought to have ____ and ______ them, after all we’re not _______”
Jack-“We ought to have rules and obey them, after all we’re not savages”
“Roger gathers a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, maybe six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong was the _____ __ ___ _____. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law. Roger’s arm was ___________ by a ______________ that knew nothing of him and was in ruins”
“Roger gathers a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, maybe six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law. Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in ruins”
“Kill the _____. ____ ____ ______. _____ ___ _______.”
“Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” Shows the boys becoming tribal
“There was the brilliant world of _________, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill and there was the word of longing and baffled ________ ______”
“There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill and there was the word of longing and baffled common sense” shows the boys falling for the Id (temptation)
“Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express ________ ________ _______”
“Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness”
“What are we? ________? Or _________? Or _________?
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?
“Because the ______ are the only thing we’ve got”
“Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got”
