Lord of the Flies - Main Quotes to Learn Flashcards
“Things are ——– up. I don’t ——– why. We began well; we were —–. And then people started getting ———-.”
Ralph - Chapter 5
Themes: Power & Leadership, fear, friendship
“Things are breaking up. I don’t understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then people started getting frightened.”
Ralph - Chapter 5
Themes: Power & Leadership, fear, friendship
“we’ll have to have ‘——-‘ like in ——”
Ralph - Chapter 2
Themes: Power & Leadership, Civilisation & Society
“we’ll have to have ‘Hands up’ like in school”
Ralph - Chapter 2
Themes: Power & Leadership, Civilisation & Society
”———…in two ——– lines”
about Jack and his choir (narration) - chapter 1
Themes: Power & Leadership
“Marching…in two parallel lines”
about Jack and his choir (narration) - chapter 1
Themes: Power & Leadership
”—–! Stand still!
Jack - Chapter 1
Themes: Power & Leadership
“Choir! Stand still!
Jack - Chapter 1
Themes: Power & Leadership
“Sam — Eric”
“Sam ‘-‘ Eric”
“———”
How Sam and Eric’s identity dissolves
Themes: Identity, Savagery
“Sam and Eric”
“Sam ‘n’ Eric”
“Samneric”
How Sam and Eric’s identity dissolves
Themes: Identity, Savagery
“What i —- is…maybe it’s only –”
Simon - Chapter 5
Themes: Fear, Savagery, Identity
“What i mean is…maybe it’s only us”
Simon - Chapter 5
Themes: Fear, Savagery, Identity
“The long —- ——- into the ——”
describing the boys’ first arrival
Themes: Death & Violence, Religion
“The long scar smashed into the jungle”
describing the boys’ first arrival
Themes: Death & Violence, Religion
“He tried to convey the ———- to track down and —– that was ———- him up”
about Jack in Chapter 3
Themes: Death & Violence, Savagery
“He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up”
about Jack in Chapter 3
Themes: Death & Violence, Savagery
“The desire to ——- and —- was ———–”
about Ralph in Chapter 7 (tribal dance)
Themes: Death & Violence, Fear, Savagery
“The desire to squeeze and hurt was overmastering”
about Ralph in Chapter 7 (tribal dance)
Themes: Death & Violence, Fear, Savagery
“Roger’s arm was ———— by a ———- that knew nothing of him and was in —–”
about Roger in Chapter 3
Themes: Death & Violence, Civilisation & Society, Savagery
“Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in ruins”
about Roger in Chapter 3
Themes: Death & Violence, Civilisation & Society, Savagery
“Jack planned his new —-… he looked in ———- no longer at himself but at an ——- ——.”
&
“The mask compelled them”
about Jack and the hunters - Chapter 4
Themes: Fear, Identity, Savagery,
“Jack planned his new face… he looked in astonishment no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger.”
&
“The mask compelled them”
about Jack and the hunters - Chapter 4
Themes: Fear, Identity, Savagery,
“Jack ——– and ——— sat there like an —-“
about Jack in Chapter 9
Themes: Power & Leadership, Identity, Savagery
“Jack painted and garlanded sat there like an idol”
about Jack in Chapter 9
Themes: Power & Leadership, Identity, Savagery
“Ralph wept for the end of ———, the ——– in man’s —–”
about Ralph - Chapter 12
Themes: Innocence, Fear, Identity, Savagery
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness in man’s heart”
about Ralph - Chapter 12
Themes: Innocence, Fear, Identity, Savagery
“By him stood Piggy holding out the ——-, the —— shining —— of the shell.”
about the conch & Piggy - Chapter 11
Themes: Innocence, Civilisation & Society
“By him stood Piggy holding out the talisman, the fragile shining beauty of the shell.”
about the conch & Piggy - Chapter 11
Themes: Innocence, Civilisation & Society
“Jolly good —-, like the —– ——”
Chapter 12
Themes: Civilisation & society, Savagery
“Jolly good show, like the Coral Island”
Chapter 12
Themes: Civilisation & society, Savagery
“Kill the —–. Cut her ——. Spill her —–.”
Chapter 9? - repeated through different chapters
Themes: Death & Violence, Savagery
“Kill the beast. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.”
Chapter 9? - repeated through different chapters
Themes: Death & Violence, Savagery
“He began to —— and his ——- became a bloodthirsty ——-.”
about Jack - Chapter 4
Themes: Death & Violence, Savagery
“He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.”
about Jack - Chapter 4
Themes: Death & Violence, Savagery
‘We got to have —– and obey them. After all we’re not ———, we’re ——-“
Jack - Chapter 2
Theme: Savagery Innocence, Friendship, Identity, Civilisation & Savagery
‘We got to have rules and obey them. After all we’re not savages, we’re English”
Jack - Chapter 2
Theme: Savagery Innocence, Friendship, Identity, Civilisation & Savagery
“Fancy thinking the —– was something you could —- and —-! […] You knew didn’t you? I’m —- of —””
Beelzebub/ Beast - Chapter 8
Theme: Religion, Identity, Savagery, Fear
“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! […] You knew didn’t you? I’m part of you””
Beelzebub/ Beast - Chapter 8
Theme: Religion, Identity, Savagery, Fear
“Roger ——— a —– at both ends.”
about Roger - Chapter 12
Themes: Death & Violence, Savagery, Civilisation & Society (loss of)
“Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.”
about Roger - Chapter 12
Themes: Death & Violence, Savagery, Civilisation & Society (loss of)
“I’m ———-. Of –. I want to go —-. Oh God i want to go —-“
Ralph - Chapter 10
Themes: Fear, Savagery, Innocence
“I’m frightened. Of us. I want to go home. Oh God i want to go home”
Ralph - Chapter 10
Themes: Fear, Savagery, Innocence
“He was the only — on the island whose —- never seemed to —-.”
about Piggy
Themes: Civilisation
“He was the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow.”
about Piggy
Themes: Civilisation
“Roger, with a sense of ——– ———-, leaned all his —– on the —–”
Roger
Themes: Savagery, Civilisation
“Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever”
Roger
Themes: Savagery, Civilisation
“Roger ——– upon them as one ——– a —— ———-”.
Roger
Themes: Savagery, Civilisation
“Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority”.
Roger
Themes: Savagery, Civilisation
