Lord of the flies Flashcards
Loss of civilisation beginning:
“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.”
“We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages.
“The rules! You’re breaking the rules!”
Loss of civilisation middle:
“We hunt and feast and have fun”
“Bollocks to the rules!”
“What are we? humans? animals? or savages?
Loss of civilisation end:
“Tearing of teeth and claws”
“Savages appeared, painted out of recognition”
“Roger sharpened a stick at both ends”
Power and leadership beginning:
“I ought to be chief,” “I can sing C sharp”
“We ought to have a chief”
“I got the conch,”
Power and leadership middle:
“Ralph overrode them”
“Jack paused, cradling the conch”
“He just gives order and expects people to obey for nothing”
Power and leadership end:
“I’m chief,” said Ralph, “because you chose me.”
“Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol”
“My hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?”
Violence beginning:
“’There was lashings of blood”
“Jack slammed his knife into a trunk”
“Jack snatched the glasses off his face.”
Violence middle:
“We hunt and feast and have fun”
“Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing a knife”.
“The terrified squealing became a high-pitched scream.”
Violence end:
“Kill the beast! cut his throat! spill his blood!”
“Roger sharpened a stick at both ends”
“The rock struck Piggy”
“The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments”
