Lord of the Flies Quotations Flashcards
Chapter 1 quote on societal conditioning (Ralphs election)?
‘Will dreary obedience the choir raised their hands’
Chapter 1 quote on Ralph (Ralphs election)?
‘There was a stillness about Ralph that marked him out’
Chapter 1 quote on power & controls (finding the conch)?
‘His ordinary voice sounded like a whisper after the harsh note of the conch’
Chapter 1 quote on a child’s reaction to violence (Jack failing to kill the pig)?
‘The unbearable blood’
Chapter 1 quote on violence (Jack failing to kill the pig)?
‘The enormity the downwards stroke would be’
Chapter 1 quote on Jack & disguise/mask (Jack failing to kill the pig)?
‘Jacks face was white under the freakles’
Chapter 2 quote on loss of innocence regarding nature (signal fire)?
‘The knowledge and the awe made him savage’
Chapter 2 quote on fear & order (signal fire)?
‘The boys were falling still and silent’
Chapter 3 quote on Ralph & Jack (building the shelters)?
‘They looked at each other baffled in love and hate’
Chapter 3 quote on Jack & Ralph & leadership (building the shelters)?
‘Two continents of experience and feeling, unable to communicate’
Chapter 4 quote on the loss of innocence (the mask)?
‘Liberated from shame and self-conciousness’
Chapter 4 quote on Jack & savagery (the mask)?
‘He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling’
Chapter 4 quote on order & disorder (Rodger throwing stones)?
‘Taboo of the old life’
Chapter 4 quote on civilisation & human nature (Rodger throwing stones)?
‘Conditioned by a society that knew nothing of him and was in ruins’
Chapter 7 quote on violence (the mock execution)?
‘The desire to squeeze, and hurt was over-mastering’
