Lord of the Flies: Key Quotes Flashcards
Chapter 1: Shows piggy as an outcast from the start through desc. as a lower class animal
“‘I don’t care what [you] call me so long as . . . [it’s not] what they used to call me in school . . . They used to call me Piggy!’”
Chapter 1: order of choir as a singular cell, may suggest lack of thought and being led easily
“The creature was a party of boys, marching . . . “
Chapter 2: Ironic behaviour and shows immediate elitist mentality with the need to identify themselves as a part of something; a tribe
“‘We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything.’”
Chapter 3: Island is a paradise and full of innocence and nature
“The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers . . . Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.”
Chapter 3: Simon is portrayed in a prophet like biblical description as a saviour to the masses. May link to his death being wanting to tell them the truth they couldn’t reach
“Simon found for the fruit they could not reach . . . passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.”
Chapter 4: dance becomes symbolic of bloodlust and shows savagery
“He began to dance, and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.”
Chapter 5: Piggy is the voice of common sense and somewhat understands the beast could actually be people
“Life . . . is scientific . . . .I know there isn’t no beast . . . but I know there isn’t no fear, either . . . .Unless we get frightened of people.”
Chapter 5: While Piggy is logical but Jack is emotional and ruthless not caring for anyone who is a weak link in his eyes
“‘Fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream. There aren’t any beasts to be afraid of on this island . . . .Serve you right if something did get you, your useless lot of cry-babies!”
Chapter 5: Simon understands the deeper evil inside all of us
“‘Maybe there is a beast . . . .maybe it’s only us.’”
Chapter 7: repeated metaphor showing ralph’s capabilities and limits. Could symbolise the limits of democracy
‘Ralph… would treat the days decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a good player’
‘But we must keep the fire burning. The fire’s the most important thing on the island, because, because—’
Chapter 8: Piggy genuinely has good intentions but he cant do much physically
“Piggy was . . . so full of pride in his contribution to the good of society, that he helped to fetch wood.”
Chapter 9: rule of 3 shows tribalistic pattern and dance they’ve fallen into
“‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!’
Chapter 9- shows how jack used the beast to emotionally manipulate
“[The boys] found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society. They were glad to touch the brown backs of the fence that hemmed in the terror [of the makeshift beast] and made it governable.”
Chapter 9- frenzy and savagery of the death shows how the boys are animalistic
“There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.”
“Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh” - Chapter 7
Shows Ralph to clearly understand hunters instict and thrill. Symbolise how humans are evil and cruel at heart
