Lord Of The Flies

Question 1

What quotations convey Jack’s initial conform to society?

Answer 1

“We’ve got to have rules and obey them.. After all, we’re not savages.”
“We’ll have rules! Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks ‘em..”

Question 2

Give quotations about the conch initially.

Answer 2

“The fragile, shining beauty of the shell.”

Question 3

Give quotations about the conch losing its power.

Answer 3

“The conch doesn’t count on this side of the island.”
“We don’t need the conch anymore.”
“The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”

Question 4

What quotations symbolise anonymity in the novel?

Answer 4

“Awesome stranger.”
“The mask compelled them.”
“Liberated from shame and self-consciousness.”
“At once the crowd surged after it.”

Question 5

What quotations symbolise the ID instinct?

Answer 5

“The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.” - Ralph.
“I thought I might kill” - Jack.

Question 6

How is Ralph initially presented?

Answer 6

“The boy with fair hair.” - Democratic, an idealisation of British boyhood.

Question 7

What quotations show the lingering effect of society on the boys?

Answer 7

“Taboo of the old life.”
“Conditioned by a society that new nothing of him and was in ruins.”

Question 8

What quotations show the animalistic mob going after Simon?

Answer 8

“At once the crowd surged after it.”
“A tearing of teeth and claws.”

Question 9

What quotations show “mankind’s essential illness”?

Answer 9

“A human, at once heroic and sick.”
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence and the darkness of man’s heart.”
“Maybe there is a beast, maybe it’s only us.”
“I’m frightened of us.”

Question 10

Give some quotes about the different forms of the beast.

Answer 10

“Pig’s head on a stick.”
“Snake-thing.”

Question 11

Quotes about the beast.