Lord of the flies Flashcards
What does Piggy say about the beast in chapter 5?
“‘I know there isn’t no beast- not with claws and all that, I mean- but I know there isn’t no fear, either,’ Piggy says. ‘Unless we get frightened of people.’’
Why does Jack think he should be chief in chapter 1?
'’I ought to be chief…because I’m chapter chorister and head boy’’
What does Ralph ask Jack in chapter 11?
'’Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?’’
What do the boys chant throughout the book?
'’Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill the blood.’’
What does Piggy say about the boys’ behaviour in chapter 5?
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grownups going to think?” - realizes the boys are becoming out of control
Why does Ralph cry at the end of chapter 12?
'’Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of true, wise friend called Piggy.’’
What does Simon say about the beast in chapter 8?
“What I mean is… maybe it’s only us.” - proposed the idea that the boy’s savagery was the real monster.
What does Jack say to Ralph in chapter 8?
“I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you.” - not a game to him anymore he is vey serious about his status and action’s he will do to gain full control.
What does the beast tell Simon in his hallucination about the source of evil in chapter 8?
‘You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! ‘
Example of Jack’s use of aggressive language.
“Quiet!” shouted Jack. “You, listen…’
What does the author say the mask symbolises in chapter 8?
‘He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint’
How did the choir boys walk along the beach in chapter 1?
“marching approximately in step in two parallel lines”
“Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks”
How do the boys act towards the conch in chapter 2?
“the conch forgotten” - already disregarding the rules beginning their decent into savagery.
What does Jack say ironically in chapter 2?
‘We got to have rules and obey them. After all we’re not savages”
How does Roger behave in chapter 4?
” Roger led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying flowers” - without adult supervision humans have a natural instinct to behave evilly.
How does Ralph behave when he joins the hunt in chapter 7?
“Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that, brown, vulnerable flesh” - Freudian’s theory, Ralph represents the ego - tries to be good but not perfect.
What does Jack say about Ralph in chapter 8?
‘He isn’t a proper chief’ … ‘He’s a coward himself’ - turning the boys against Ralph convincing them that he is better.
What does Simon try tell the boys in chapter 9 when he is killed?
“Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill” - found out the truth and then died trying to share it with the others.
What does Ralph admit to Piggy in chapter 10?
‘I’m frightened. Of us’ - he has now witnessed what they are capable of and is scared.
What happens to the conch when Piggy dies?
“conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” - when Piggy died any last hope of society dies with him.
What does Ralph realise in chapter 12?
“Samneric were savages like the rest; Piggy was dead and the conch smashed to powder” - he was all alone.
How does the naval officer react to the boys in chapter 12?
“I should have thought that a pack of British boys…would have been able to put up a better show than that.” - pictures a romanticised version of the boys’ months on the island.
