Lord Of The Flies Flashcards
“There came a pause, a _______’’
“There came a pause, a hiatus.”
Jack intends to kill the pig, he lifts his knife with his “bony arm”, but pauses and the pig escapes.
“______ held out his hands for the _______……holding the ______ thing carefully.”
“Jack held out his hands for the conch…..holding the delicate thing carefully.”
“We’ve got to have _______ and obey them. After all, we’re not _______. We’re _________.”
“We’ve got to have rule and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English.”
“Roger’s arm was ____________ by a civilisation that knew ________ of him and was ___ ______.”
“Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.”
“______ the Beast. Cut her ______. Spill ____ _____.”
“Kill the Beast. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.”
“The ______ horror of this, so _______ and so _________ terrifying, held them all silent.”
“The vivid horror of this, so possible and so nakedly terrifying, held them all silent.”
Little uns talking about the beast.
“Maybe _____ _____ ___……Simon became _______ in his effort to express mankind’s _______ _______.”
“Maybe it’s only us……Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.”
“When you went to bed there was a bowl of ________ with _____ and _____.”
“When you went to bed there was a bowl of cornflakes with sugar and cream.”
“Round the _______ child was the _________ of parents and school and __________ and the law.”
“Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law.”
The memory of authority and rules ar enough to temper their savage instincts at the beginning.
“Fancy thinking the _____ was something you could _____ ___ ______, said the head.”
“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill, said the head.”
Simon was right all along, the Beast was the evil inside of them.
Ironically, when Simon goes to tell the boys about this, they sing their chant and end up killing him.
His death has been foreshadowed throughout the novel. They had rehearsed twice, attacking two of the boys earlier on, once non physically and the other causing pain.
“The _____ ________ into a thousand _____ _______ and ceased to _____.”
“The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”
