Lord of the Flies Jack Quotes Flashcards
‘The boy who ____ them.’
Which chapter?
‘The boy who controlled them.’
Chapter 1
‘____ onto the platform with his __ flying.’
Which chapter?
‘Vaulted onto the platform with his cloak flying.’
Chapter 1
‘His hair was ____ beneath the _____ cap.’
Which chapter?
‘His hair was red beneath the black cap.’
Chapter 1
‘He shouted an ____ and they halted, ____, sweating, ____ in the ____ light.’
Which chapter?
‘He shouted an order and they halted, gasping, sweating, swaying in the fierce light.’
Chapter 1
‘The freckles on Jack’s face ____ under a _____ of ____.’
Which chapter?
‘The freckles on Jack’s face disappeared under a blush of mortification.’
Chapter 1
‘Jack ____ from behind him a ____ ____-_____ and ____ it into a trunk.’
Which chapter?
‘Jack snatched from behind him a sizeable sheath-knife and clouted it into a trunk.’
Chapter 1
‘Jack ____ his knife into the _____ and looked _____ ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Jack slammed his knife into the trunk and looked round challengingly.’
Chapter 2
‘His __ only a few ____ from the humid earth.’
Which chapter?
‘His nose only a few inches from the humid earth.’
Chapter 3
‘Then ____ - ____ , ____ on all fours’
Which chapter?
‘Then dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours’
Chapter 3
‘Stared at the __ as though he would __ them to __.’
Which chapter?
‘Stared at the tracks as though he would force them to speak.’
Chapter 3
‘A ____ stick… ____ from his right hand.’
Which chapter?
‘A sharpened stick… trailed from his right hand.’
Chapter 3
‘The ____ and __ were very __.’
Which chapter?
‘The forest and he were very still.’
Chapter 3
‘hard patter of ____, a ____ sound, ____, ____ - the ____ of meat.’
Which chapter?
‘hard patter of hoofs, a castanet sound, seductive, maddening - the promise of meat.’
Chapter 3
‘For a minute became less a ____ than a ____ thing, ____ - ____ among the tangle of trees.’
Which chapter?
‘For a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees.’
Chapter 3
‘He tried to convey the ____ to ____ ____ and ____ that was ____ him up.’
Which chapter?
‘He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.’
Chapter 3
“But you can feel as if you’re not ___, but being ______.”
Which chapter?
“But you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but being hunted.”
Chapter 3
Talking about Jack but at Roger:
‘a ____ shadow ____ beneath the ____ of his skin.’
Which chapter?
‘a darker shadow crept beneath the swarthiness of his skin.’
Chapter 4
‘____ leading the procession.’
Which chapter?
‘inevitably leading the procession.’
Chapter 4
‘He noticed ____ on his ____ and ____ ____’
Which chapter?
‘He noticed blood on his hands and grimaced distastefully’
Chapter 4
“I cut the pigs throat”, said Jack, ____, yet ____ as he said it.’
Which chapter?
“I cut the pigs throat”, said Jack, proudly, yet twitched as he said it.’
Chapter 4
“There were ____ of blood”, said Jack, ____ and ____,’
Which chapter?
“There were lashings of blood”, said Jack, laughing and shuddering,’
Chapter 4
When Jack says that there were lashings of blood when he killed the pig:
‘Laughing and ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Laughing and shuddering.’
Chapter 4
‘The ____ knife in his hand.’
Which chapter?
‘The bloodied knife in his hand.’
Chapter 4
When Ralph doesn’t give a response to Jack who is looking for one:
‘Against this ____, so ____ and so ____, Jack was powerless and ____ without knowing ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Against this weapon, so indefinable and so effective, Jack was powerless and raged without knowing why.’
Chapter 4
About giving meat to Piggy after kiling the first pig:
‘Jack had ____ to ____ him in ____, as an ____ of ____;’
Which chapter?
‘Jack had meant to leave him in doubt, as an assertion of power;’
Chapter 4
‘you useless lot of ____ - ____!’
Which chapter?
‘you useless lot of cry - babies!’
Chapter 5
“Am I a ____ or am I not?”
‘They nodded ____.’
Which chapter?
“Am I a hunter or am I not?”
‘They nodded simply.’
Chapter 5
“____ to the rules!”
Which chapter?
“Bollocks to the rules!”
Chapter 5
When Ralph tells Jack to sit down:
‘Jack’s face went so ____ that the ____ showed as ____, brown ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Jack’s face went so white that the freckles showed as clear, brown specks.’
Chapter 6
When Robert suggests using a real pig because you’ve got to kill it:
“Use a ____,” said Jack.
Which chapter?
“Use a littlun,” said Jack.
Chapter 7
‘A ____ in the darkness, a ____ that was Jack.’
Which chapter?
‘A stain in the darkness, a stain that was Jack.’
Chapter 7
About Jack to pig’s droppings:
‘Jack ____ ____ to them as though he ____ ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Jack bent down to them as though he loved them.’
Chapter 7
‘ages ago they had stood in two ____ ____ and their ____ had been the ____ of ____.’
Which chapter?
‘ages ago they had stood in two demure rows and their voice had been the song of angels.’
Chapter 8
‘wore the ____ ____ of the ____ like his ____ ____.’
Which chapter?
‘wore the damp darkness of the forest like his old clothes.’
Chapter 8
‘silent as the ____’.
Which chapter?
‘silent as the shadows’.
Chapter 8
His name is also becoming ‘____’ (just like ‘beast’).
Which chapter?
His name is also becoming ‘taboo’ (just like ‘beast’).
Chapter 8
“He’s going to ____ Wilfred.”
Which chapter?
“He’s going to beat Wilfred.”
Chapter 10
‘he made ____ motions with his ____. From his ____ hand ____ Piggy’s ____ glasses.’
Which chapter?
‘he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses.’
Chapter 10
‘Merridew, his eyes staring, ____ the ____ of a ____ ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Merridew, his eyes staring, made the best of a bad job.’
Chapter 1
What he says to Piggy when he wants to come explore the mountain:
“We don’t ____ ____,” said Jack, ____.’
Which chapter?
“We don’t want you,” said Jack, flatly.’
Chapter 1
‘____ ____ save for paint and a ____,’
Which chapter?
‘Stark naked save for paint and a belt,’
Chapter 8
‘He was safe from ____ or ____ - ____ behind the ____ of his ____’
Which chapter?
‘He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint’
Chapter 8
‘Jack, painted and ____, sat there like an ____.’
Which chapter?
‘Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol.’
Chapter 9
‘Jack rose from the ____ that was his ____’
Which chapter?
‘Jack rose from the log that was his throne’
Chapter 9
‘____ lay in the ____ ____ of his forearm:’
Which chapter?
‘Power lay in the brown swell of his forearm:’
Chapter 9
‘____ sat on his ____ and ____ in his ear ____ an ___.’
Which chapter?
‘authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape.’
Chapter 9
‘From his left hand ____ ____ ____ ____.’
Which chapter?
‘From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses.’
Chapter 10
‘Jack, identifiable by ____ and ____ ____,’
Which chapter?
‘Jack, identifiable by personality and red hair,’
Chapter 11
“Jack.” A ____ was ____ round that word too.’
Which chapter?
“Jack.” A taboo was evolving round that word too.’
Chapter 8
