Lord of the Flies Flashcards

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“simple…

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arragonce”

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2
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“choir!…

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stand still”

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3
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“we ought…

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to have a chief”

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4
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“let’s have…

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a vote!”

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5
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“dreary…

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obedience”

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6
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“the most…

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obvious leader was Jack”

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“delicate…

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thing”

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8
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“Jack’s in…

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charge of the choir”

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9
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“with the…

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directness of genuine leadership”

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10
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“you voted…

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me chief”

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11
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“I’m calling…

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an assembly”

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12
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“painted…

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savages giggled”

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13
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“Ralph cried…

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out hopelessly”

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14
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“fragile…

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shining beauty”

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15
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“a thousand…

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white fragments”

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16
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“very…

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fat”

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17
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“fatly…

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naked”

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18
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“sucks…

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to your ass-mar”

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19
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“we may…

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stay here till we die”

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20
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“shut up…

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fatty”

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21
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“his real…

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name’s Piggy!”

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22
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“make a…

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list. We ought to have a meeting”

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22
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“what are we?…

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humans or savages?”

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22
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“I got…

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the conch”

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23
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“led…

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like a dog”

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24
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“acting like…

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a crowd of kids”

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25
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“to have rules…

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and agree, or to hunt and kill?

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26
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“no time…

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for even a grunt”

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27
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“the body…

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of Piggy was gone”

28
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“for a…

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moment, the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy on the outside”

29
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“martyred…

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expression of a parent”

30
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“joined…

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in an effort by the burden”

31
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“eyes…

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that proclaimed no devil”

32
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“golden…

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body”

33
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“struck…

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them into silence”

34
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“don’t…

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argue”

35
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“moved…

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the conch gently”

36
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“rules are…

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the only thing we’ve got”

37
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“desire to…

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squeeze and hurt was overmastering”

38
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“cradling…

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the conch”

39
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“I ought…

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to be chief”

40
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“blush of…

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mortification”

41
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“became less…

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a hunter than a furtive thing”

42
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“the madness…

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came into his eyes”

43
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“humiliating…

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tears”

44
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“safe from…

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shame or self-consciousness behind the mask”

45
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“Ralph wept…

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for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart and the fall through the air of the wise, true friend called Piggy”

46
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“they are going…

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to hunt you down”

47
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“sharpened…

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a stick at both ends”

48
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“kill the pig!…

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Cut her throat! Bash her in!”

49
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“do our…

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dance”

50
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“dressed…

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Simon’s course hair with brightness”

51
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“bollocks…

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to the rules!”

52
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“they do…

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what I want”

53
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“laughter…

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became blood-thirsty snarling”

54
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“Roger’s arm…

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was conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in ruins”

55
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“taboo of…

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old life”

56
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“slammed it…

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into a tree trunk”

57
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“demented…

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but partly secure society”

58
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“utterly…

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alone”

59
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“Simon became…

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inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness”

60
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“maybe it’s…

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only us”

61
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“inexpertly…

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blown conch”

62
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“scream, struck…

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bit, tore”

63
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“boy’s armed…

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with sticks”

64
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“leapt…

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like a squirrel”

65
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“he tried to…

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convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up”

66
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“we want meat…

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…we need shelters”

67
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“naked to…

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the waist”

68
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“Roger advanced…

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upon them as one wielding a nameless authority”

69
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“uniformed…

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superiority”

70
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“dog-like…

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uncomfortably on all fours”