lord of the flies Flashcards
“furtive boy…[with an] inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy”
roger
‘Some source of power began to pulse in Roger’s body’
roger
‘Roger stooped picked up a stone, aimed and threw it to miss.’
roger
“Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.”
roger
‘Roger, uncommunicative by nature said nothing .He offered no opinion on the beast.’
roger
‘Roger who carried death in his hands’
roger
‘Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority’
roger
“throw our spears like at a pig… Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.”
roger
“Simon found for them fruit they could not reach… passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands”
simon (jesus)
“He’s queer. He’s funny”
“He’s cracked”
simon
“a secret place in a clearing full of flowers and butterflies.”
simon (connection with nature)
“shoved his piece of meat over the rocks to Piggy”
simon
“Maybe there is a beast….maybe it’s only us.”
simon
“You’ll get back all right.”
simon (to ralph)
‘You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go?”
simon (said by the lotf)
“silvered…marble…itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea.”
simon
“we may stay here until we die.”
piggy
“the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy outside.”
piggy
“like kids…acting like a crowd of kids!”
piggy
“how can you expect to be rescued if you don’t put first things first and act proper?”
piggy
“he was the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow.”
piggy
“life…is scientific”
piggy
“what intelligence had been shown was traceable to Piggy”
piggy
"”what are we? humans? or animals? or savages? what’s the grown-ups going to think?”
piggy
“his head opened and stuff came out and turned red… like a pig’s after it had been killed.”
piggy
“I ought to be chief…because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.”
jack
“after all, we’re not savages. we’re english, and the english are the best at everything.”
jack
“for a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees.”
jack
“the madness came into his eyes again. “i thought i might kill.”
jack
“jack had to think for a moment before he could remember was rescue was.”
jack
“no longer at himself but at an awful stranger… his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.”
jack
“i cut the pig’s throat.” said Jack, and yet twitched as he said it.”
jack
“he took a step, and at last able to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach.”
jack
“when we kill, we’ll leave some of the kill for it.”
jack (about lotf)
“He got angry and made us tie Wilfren up. He’s been…tied for hours, waiting”
roger (about jack)
“there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil.”
ralph
“…by acclaim of Ralph himself. None of the boys could find a good reason for this…most powerfully, there was the conch.”
ralph
“i’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. he can hold it when he’s speaking”
ralph
“until the grown-ups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.”
ralph
“the assembly was lifted towards safety with his words. they liked and now respected him.”
ralph
“don’t you want to be rescued? all you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!”
ralph (to jack)
“that was Simon…that was murder”
ralph
“ralph wept for the end of innocence, darkness of man’s heart and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy. “
ralph
“all around him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat.”
island
“here was a coral island.”
island
“as if it wasn’t a good island”
island
“they had smoked him out and set the entire island on fire.”
island
‘the island was scorched up like dead wood’
island
island as an allusion?
The island is an untouched paradise, representing the garden of Eden. It is beautiful and located in the tropics. It has all the things the children need, such as food, freshwater, and wood for fire and shelter. The boys have a chance to build a cohesive society in their paradise, but they turn savage instead.
“a deep, harsh note boomed under the palms.”
conch
“most powerfully, there was the conch.”
conch
“i’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. he can hold it when he’s speaking”
conch
“the conch exploded into a thousand white tiny fragments and ceased to exist.”
conch
“kill the pig. cut her throat. bash her in.”
savagery
“the hunters followed, wedded to her in lust, excited by the long chase.”
savagery
“they sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her.”
savagery
“the head remained there, dim-eyed, grinning faintly, blood blackening between the teeth.”
beast
“there was the throb and stamp of a single organism.”
savagery
“screamed, struck, bit , tore.”
savagery
"”The beastie came in the dark”
beast
“You can feel as if you’re not hunting, but - being hunted”
jack (about beast)
“They suffered untold terrors in the dark and huddled together for comfort”
beast
“Soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the unknown and menace”
beast
“Faced by the brute obtuseness of the ocean … one was helpless, one was condemned, one was - “
beast
“I’m the beast … I’m part of you”
lotf (beast)
“The beast was harmless and horrible”
simon (about beast)
“I gave you food, and my hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?”
jack (about beast)
“the beast was on its knees in the centre, its arms folded over its face”
beast (simon)
