Lord of the Flies Island Quotes Flashcards
Ralph…
‘Pulled of his _____, and _____ there among the _____-____ coconuts.’
Which chapter
‘Pulled of his shirt, and stood there among the skull-like coconuts.’
Chapter 1
‘____ of the forest.’
Which chapter?
‘Darkness of the forest.’
Chapter 1
Paradise like world…
‘_____ with palm trees.’
‘________ water.’
‘Within the _________ _ of coral the lagoon was still as a _______ ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Fledged with palm trees.’
‘Shimmering water.’
‘Within the irregular arc of coral the lagoon was still as a mountain lake.’
Chapter 1
‘They were ____ of the ____ and made happy by it.’
Which chapter?
‘They were conscious of the glamour and made happy by it.’
Chapter 1
‘Some _ _ had ____ and ____ these cubes.’
Which chapter?
‘Some unknown force had wrenched and shattered these cubes.’
Chapter 1
‘Balanced rock ____ through the looped ____ of the forest creepers.’
Which chapter?
‘Balanced rock projecting through the looped fantasy of the forest creepers.’
Chapter 1
Island is often decribed as what?
Dark
When the 3 boys exploring push a boulder off the cliff:
‘The ____ further down ____ as with the __ of an enraged ____,’
Which chapter?
‘The forest further down shook as with the passage of an enraged monster,’
Chapter 1
The weather changes after the first mention of the beastie…
‘The ____ of the sun allowed a little ______ to ____ under the trees.’
Which chapter?
‘The decline of the sun allowed a little coolness to lie under the trees.’
Chapter 2
Describing the trees when looking for fuelwood for a fire:
‘Fell early and ____.’
However, ‘new ____ ____ a way up.’
Which chapter?
‘Fell early and decayed.’
However, ‘new saplings searched a way up.’
Chapter 2
In chapter 2, reference to what is constanly repeated throughout the chapter? Especially with
Death, decay.
‘the fire ____ ____ on the forest and began to ____.’
Which chapter?
‘the fire laid hold on the forest and began to gnaw.’
Chapter 2
‘The forest was ____ with ____ and flame.’
Which chapter?
‘The forest was savage with smoke and flame.’
Chapter 2
‘and the fire ____ at them.’
Which chapter?
‘and the fire growled at them.’
Chapter 2
‘____ them, on the ____ side of the mountain, the ____ - ____ continued.’’
Which chapter?
‘Beneath them, on the unfriendly side of the mountain, the drum-roll continued.’’
Chapter 2
Ralph suggests:
“As if it wasn’t a ____ island.”
Which chapter?
“As if it wasn’t a good island.”
Chapter 3
‘Flower and ____ grew ____ on the ____ ____ and everywhere was the scent of ____ and the ____ of a million ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Flower and fruit grew together on the same treeand everywhere was the scent of ripeness and the blooming of a million bees.’
Chapter 3
‘Darkness ____ under the trees.’
Which chapter?
‘Darkness thickened under the trees.’
Chapter 3
‘Darkness ____ out.’
Which chapter?
‘Darkness poured out.’
Chapter 3
‘The stark ____ of the morning were ____ in ____ and ____.’
Which chapter?
‘The stark colours of the morning were smoothed in pearl and opalescence.’
Chapter 4
‘____ - like reeds.’
Which chapter?
‘needle-like reeds.’
Chapter 4
‘The fire was ____.’
Which chapter?
‘The fire was dead.’
Chapter 4
‘The fire was out, ____ and ____.’
Which chapter?
‘The fire was out, smokeless and dead.’
Chapter 4
‘The ____ morning was full of ____ and the ____ began to ____. It ____ ____, rather than ____, and the ____ of ____ ____ were like a ____.’
Which chapter?
‘The bright morning was full of threats and the circle began to change. It faced out, rather than in, and the spears of sharpened wood were like a fence.’
Chapter 6
‘no ____ left.’
Which chapter?
‘no light left.’
Chapter 6
‘A ____ of moon … ____ ____ enough to make a ____ of ____.’
Which chapter?
‘A sliver of moon … hardly large enough to make a path of light.’
Chapter 5
‘The flames were ____ the branches, the bark was ____ and ____ away, the wood ____.’
Which chapter?
‘The flames were mastering the branches, the bark was curling and falling away, the wood exploded.’
Chapter 6
‘Soon the darkness was ____ of ____, ____ of the awful ____ and ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace.’
Chapter 6
‘The ____ morning was ____ of ____ and the ____ began to ____.’
Which chapter?
‘The bright morning was full of threats and the circle began to change.’
Chapter 6
What happens after the trees fell early and decayed:
‘Creepers ____ ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Creepers cradled them.’
Chapter 2
Firts description of butterflies:
‘Nothing ____ but a pair of ____ ____ that ____ round eachother in the hot air.’
Which chapter?
‘Nothing moved but a pair of gaudy butterflies that danced round eachother in the hot air.’
Chapter 3
‘Over the island the ____ - __ of ____ continued.’
Which chapter?
‘Over the island the build-up of clouds continued.’
Chapter 9
When Ralph and Jack are arguing on castle rock:
About the thunder: ‘Instead of the ____ ____ there was a ____ of ____ in the ____.’
Which chapter?
About the thunder: ‘Instead of the dull boom there was a point of impact in the explosion.’
Chapter 9
