Lord of the Flies Conch Quotes Flashcards
‘Something ____ lay among the ferny _____.’
Which chapter?
‘Something creamy lay among the ferny weeds.’
Chapter 1
‘The shell was ____ and ____ and a worthy _____.’
Which chapter?
‘The shell was interesting and pretty and a worthy plaything.’
Chapter 1
‘The palm _, _, pushed the shell across the _.’
Which chapter?
‘The palm sapling, bending, pushed the shell across the weeds.’
Chapter 1
Nature furthermore responds to the sound of the conch by:
‘____ cried.’
‘Small animals __.’
Which chapter?
‘Birds cried.’
‘Small animals scuttered.’
Chapter 1
Theme: The conch disturbs nature but comforts the boys.
Could be a indirect metaphor for the wider society and the speration of humans to the natural world.
Could also refer to their differences because of the destruction humans causes to the natural world for their own benefit.
‘Most ____, yet most ____ , there was the conch.’
Which chapter?
‘Most obscurely, yet most powerfully , there was the conch.’
Chapter 1
‘The shell was deep ____, ____ here and there with ____ _____.’
‘Covered with a ____, ____ pattern.’
Which chapter?
‘The shell was deep cream, touched here and there with fading pink.’
‘Covered with a delicate, embossed pattern.’
Chapter 1
‘This _ of voting was almost as ____ as the conch.’
Which chapter?
‘This toy of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch.’
Chapter 1
‘By the time Ralph was ____ blowing the conch the ____ was ____.’
Which chapter?
‘By the time Ralph was finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded.’
Chapter 2
‘Then Piggy was standing ____ the ____ cream shell.’
Which chapter?
‘Then Piggy was standing cradling the great cream shell.’
Chapter 2
‘Piggy ____ nervously into hell and ____ the conch.’
Which chapter?
‘Piggy glanced nervously into hell and cradled the conch.’
Chapter 2
‘They obeyed the ____ of the conch.’
Which chapter?
‘They obeyed the summons of the conch.’
Chapter 4
‘Exposure to air had ____ the ____ and ____ to near - ____, and ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Exposure to air had bleached the yellow and pink to near - white, and transparency.’
Chapter 5
‘Ralph felt a kind of ____ ____ for the conch.’
Which chapter?
‘Ralph felt a kind of affectionate reverence for the conch.’
Chapter 5
When Percival begins crying:
‘but then the ____ rose out of him, ____ and ____ as the conch.’
Which chapter?
‘but then the lamentation rose out of him, loud and sustained as the conch.’
Chapter 5
