Lord Of The Flies

Question 1

How is Ralph described at the beginning of the novel? What was the name of the first chapter?

Answer 1

"There was a mildness about his mouth and Eyes that proclaimed no devil"
"The fair boy"
"Reluctant to be a leader"
"Bright excited eyes"
"Fighter jet"

The sound of the shell”

Question 2

How is piggy treated by all the boys?

Answer 2

Jack-“shut up fatty”
“They used to call me piggy”
“Shorter than the fair boy and very fat”

Question 3

Quotes about civilisation

Answer 3

” I ought to be chief… I’m chapter chorister and head boy”-jack
“Let’s have a vote”-Roger
“After all, we re not savages, we re English”-jack
“I’m calling an assembly”-Ralph
“The fires the most important thing”- Ralph
“Which is better- to have rules and agree, or so bunt and kill”-piggy
“Which is better-to have law and rescue or hunting and breaking things up”-Ralph

Question 4

Quotes about dictatorship

Answer 4

"Choir! Stand still!"
"Then we'll have to look after ourselves"
"Why should I be jack? I'm merridew"
I ought to be chief"
"I'm chief!"

Question 5

Quotes about ralph growing up

What chapter?

Answer 5

“Ralph chose a firm strip because he needed to think”
“Though it was a part of a brighter childhood”
“There must be no mistake about the assembly…. No imaginary”
“This meeting must not be fun, but business”
Beast from water

Question 6

Quotes about Ralph becoming more savage

Answer 6

“The frayed edges in his shorts”

“Tangles hair”

Question 7

Quotes about descending into savagery

Answer 7

“Like a pack of kids”
“Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood”
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages”
The mask… Liberated from shame and self-consciousness”
“The convulsion to track down and kill was small owing him up”
“The two savages looked at each other, raised their spears and spoke in time”
“Faces of white and red and green rushed out”

Question 8

Quotes about dystopia

Answer 8

“The air was full of sweat and noise and blood and terror”
“The sun gazed down like an angry eye”
“Our of the darkness rose another desire, thick, urgent, blind”
“Waters sucking”
“Arm of surf”
“Fingers of spray”

Question 9

Quotes about utopia

Answer 9

“Lagoon”
“Them fruit”
Fledged with palm trees”
“Coral reef”

Question 10

Quotes about Simon and how he knows what’s happening

Answer 10

“The boy who fainted”
“Maybe there isn’t a beast… Maybe it’s only us”
“That’s a wound… You ought to suck it… Like Berengaria”

Question 11

Quotes about mob mentality

Answer 11

“Throb and stamp of a single organism”
“Found themselves eager to take a place demented by the partly secure society”
“Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her guts”

Question 12

Quotes about roger

Answer 12

“Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry”
“Roger found a lodgement for his point and began to push till he was leaning with all his weight”-gift from darkness
“Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned his weight on the lever”-castle rock

Question 13

Quotes about the fire and meaning

Answer 13

"We must keep the fire burning"
"The fires the most important thing"
"Crept"
"Crawled"
"Stirred"
Touched"
The fire kills the boy with the birthmark but is meant to save the other boys which is a sign of hope. It is a Greek symbol for hope and knowledge but is described as a "snake"-> from garden of Eden (devil)-> false hope

Question 14

Quotes about the conch and meaning

Answer 14

“It’s every so valuable”
“Ever so expensive”
“I’ll give it to the next person to speak”
“I’ve got the conch”
A deep harsh note boomed”
“Slight spiral twist”
“Deep cream and touched her and there with fading pink”
“The conch doesn’t count at this end of the island”
Conch exploded into thousands of white fragments and ceased to exist”
Represents democracy and civilisation