Lord of the Flies Jack Quotes Flashcards

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1
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‘The boy who ____ them.’

Which chapter?

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‘The boy who controlled them.’

Chapter 1

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‘____ onto the platform with his __ flying.’

Which chapter?

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Vaulted onto the platform with his cloak flying.’

Chapter 1

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‘His hair was ____ beneath the _____ cap.’

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‘His hair was red beneath the black cap.’

Chapter 1

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‘He shouted an ____ and they halted, ____, sweating, ____ in the ____ light.’

Which chapter?

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‘He shouted an order and they halted, gasping, sweating, swaying in the fierce light.’

Chapter 1

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‘The freckles on Jack’s face ____ under a _____ of ____.’

Which chapter?

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‘The freckles on Jack’s face disappeared under a blush of mortification.’

Chapter 1

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‘Jack ____ from behind him a ____ ____-_____ and ____ it into a trunk.’

Which chapter?

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‘Jack snatched from behind him a sizeable sheath-knife and clouted it into a trunk.’

Chapter 1

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‘Jack ____ his knife into the _____ and looked _____ ____.’

Which chapter?

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‘Jack slammed his knife into the trunk and looked round challengingly.’

Chapter 2

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‘His __ only a few ____ from the humid earth.’

Which chapter?

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‘His nose only a few inches from the humid earth.’

Chapter 3

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‘Then ____ - ____ , ____ on all fours’

Which chapter?

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‘Then dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours’

Chapter 3

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‘Stared at the __ as though he would __ them to __.’

Which chapter?

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‘Stared at the tracks as though he would force them to speak.’

Chapter 3

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‘A ____ stick… ____ from his right hand.’

Which chapter?

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‘A sharpened stick… trailed from his right hand.’

Chapter 3

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‘The ____ and __ were very __.’

Which chapter?

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‘The forest and he were very still.’

Chapter 3

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‘hard patter of ____, a ____ sound, ____, ____ - the ____ of meat.’

Which chapter?

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‘hard patter of hoofs, a castanet sound, seductive, maddening - the promise of meat.’

Chapter 3

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‘For a minute became less a ____ than a ____ thing, ____ - ____ among the tangle of trees.’

Which chapter?

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‘For a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees.’

Chapter 3

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‘He tried to convey the ____ to ____ ____ and ____ that was ____ him up.’

Which chapter?

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‘He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.’

Chapter 3

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“But you can feel as if you’re not ___, but being ______.”

Which chapter?

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“But you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but being hunted.”

Chapter 3

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Talking about Jack but at Roger:

‘a ____ shadow ____ beneath the ____ of his skin.’

Which chapter?

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‘a darker shadow crept beneath the swarthiness of his skin.’

Chapter 4

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‘____ leading the procession.’

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inevitably leading the procession.’

Chapter 4

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‘He noticed ____ on his ____ and ____ ____’

Which chapter?

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‘He noticed blood on his hands and grimaced distastefully

Chapter 4

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“I cut the pigs throat”, said Jack, ____, yet ____ as he said it.’

Which chapter?

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“I cut the pigs throat”, said Jack, proudly, yet twitched as he said it.’

Chapter 4

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“There were ____ of blood”, said Jack, ____ and ____,’

Which chapter?

A

“There were lashings of blood”, said Jack, laughing and shuddering,’

Chapter 4

22
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When Jack says that there were lashings of blood when he killed the pig:

‘Laughing and ____.’

Which chapter?

A

‘Laughing and shuddering.’

Chapter 4

23
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‘The ____ knife in his hand.’

Which chapter?

A

‘The bloodied knife in his hand.’

Chapter 4

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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?

A

‘Against this weapon, so indefinable and so effective, Jack was powerless and raged without knowing why.’

Chapter 4

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About giving meat to Piggy after kiling the first pig:

‘Jack had ____ to ____ him in ____, as an ____ of ____;’

Which chapter?

A

‘Jack had meant to leave him in doubt, as an assertion of power;’

Chapter 4

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‘you useless lot of ____ - ____!’

Which chapter?

A

‘you useless lot of cry - babies!’

Chapter 5

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“Am I a ____ or am I not?”
‘They nodded ____.’

Which chapter?

A

“Am I a hunter or am I not?”
‘They nodded simply.’

Chapter 5

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“____ to the rules!”

Which chapter?

A

Bollocks to the rules!”

Chapter 5

29
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When Ralph tells Jack to sit down:

‘Jack’s face went so ____ that the ____ showed as ____, brown ____.’

Which chapter?

A

‘Jack’s face went so white that the freckles showed as clear, brown specks.’

Chapter 6

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When Robert suggests using a real pig because you’ve got to kill it:

“Use a ____,” said Jack.

Which chapter?

A

“Use a littlun,” said Jack.

Chapter 7

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‘A ____ in the darkness, a ____ that was Jack.’

Which chapter?

A

‘A stain in the darkness, a stain that was Jack.’

Chapter 7

32
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About Jack to pig’s droppings:

‘Jack ____ ____ to them as though he ____ ____.’

Which chapter?

A

‘Jack bent down to them as though he loved them.’

Chapter 7

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‘ages ago they had stood in two ____ ____ and their ____ had been the ____ of ____.’

Which chapter?

A

‘ages ago they had stood in two demure rows and their voice had been the song of angels.’

Chapter 8

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‘wore the ____ ____ of the ____ like his ____ ____.’

Which chapter?

A

‘wore the damp darkness of the forest like his old clothes.’

Chapter 8

35
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‘silent as the ____’.

Which chapter?

A

‘silent as the shadows’.

Chapter 8

36
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His name is also becoming ‘____’ (just like ‘beast’).

Which chapter?

A

His name is also becoming ‘taboo’ (just like ‘beast’).

Chapter 8

37
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“He’s going to ____ Wilfred.”

Which chapter?

A

“He’s going to beat Wilfred.”

Chapter 10

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‘he made ____ motions with his ____. From his ____ hand ____ Piggy’s ____ glasses.’

Which chapter?

A

‘he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses.’

Chapter 10

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‘Merridew, his eyes staring, ____ the ____ of a ____ ____.’

Which chapter?

A

‘Merridew, his eyes staring, made the best of a bad job.’

Chapter 1

40
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What he says to Piggy when he wants to come explore the mountain:

“We don’t ____ ____,” said Jack, ____.’

Which chapter?

A

“We don’t want you,” said Jack, flatly.’

Chapter 1

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‘____ ____ save for paint and a ____,’

Which chapter?

A

Stark naked save for paint and a belt,’

Chapter 8

42
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‘He was safe from ____ or ____ - ____ behind the ____ of his ____’

Which chapter?

A

‘He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint

Chapter 8

43
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‘Jack, painted and ____, sat there like an ____.’

Which chapter?

A

‘Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol.’

Chapter 9

44
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‘Jack rose from the ____ that was his ____’

Which chapter?

A

‘Jack rose from the log that was his throne

Chapter 9

45
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‘____ lay in the ____ ____ of his forearm:’

Which chapter?

A

Power lay in the brown swell of his forearm:’

Chapter 9

46
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‘____ sat on his ____ and ____ in his ear ____ an ___.’

Which chapter?

A

authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape.’

Chapter 9

47
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‘From his left hand ____ ____ ____ ____.’

Which chapter?

A

‘From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses.’

Chapter 10

48
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‘Jack, identifiable by ____ and ____ ____,’

Which chapter?

A

‘Jack, identifiable by personality and red hair,’

Chapter 11

49
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“Jack.” A ____ was ____ round that word too.’

Which chapter?

A

“Jack.” A taboo was evolving round that word too.’

Chapter 8