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LORD OF THE FLIES Quotations Flashcards

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1
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Long scar…

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smashed into the jungle

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Perhaps there aren’t any…

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grown ups

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So long as they don’t…

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call me what they used to in school

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He’s a commander…

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in the Navy

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We’ll have…

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rules!

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Mulberry coloured…

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birthmark

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But there isn’t…

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a beast.

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HIs specs - use them…

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as burning glasses!

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Don’t you want…

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to be rescued?

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The mask…

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compelled them

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11
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We could make…

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a sundial

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12
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They let…

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the bloody fire out

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Kill the pig,…

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cut her throat, spill her blood

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What are we? …

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Humans or animals or savages?

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15
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Bollocks…

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to the rules

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16
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What a place…

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for a fort

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17
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You could get someone…

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to dress up as a pig

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18
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The ruin…

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of a face

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19
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Sharpen…

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a stick at both ends

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20
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Fancy thinking the…

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beast was something you could hunt and kill

21
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I wish we could…

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go home

22
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Who’ll join…

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my tribe

23
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We’ll have to have…

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hands up like at school

24
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  1. “Long scar smashed into the jungle”
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anthropomorphic imagery, damage done by crash

25
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2.”Perhaps there aren’t any grown ups”

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excitement and thrill of freedom from the rules

26
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3.”So long as they don’t call me what they used to in school”

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Piggy shows his vulnerability, this juxtaposes with his value to the group in terms of his glasses

27
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  1. “He’s a commander in the navy”
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Absence of a Dad, he begins to boast about him maybe to Piggy who lives with his Auntie, Ralph has a strong belief of British values and faith in being rescued

28
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  1. “We’ll have rules!”
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Piggy likes order, power he didn’t have before

29
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  1. “Mulberry coloured birthmark”
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Another outsider, he looks unusual, probably dies in fire although nobody notices he’s gone. This shows the uncaring nature of the boys that will become more evident as the novel goes on

30
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  1. “But there isn’t a beast”
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Ralph begins to reassure the boys, the beast within can be projected onto different objects

31
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  1. “His specs- use them as burning glasses”
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Jack suggests using Piggy’s vulnerability to help others, but he’s never respected for that.

32
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  1. “Don’t you want to be rescued”
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Ralph begins to question Jack’s motivation

33
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  1. “The mask compelled them”
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Change in Jack’s appearance makes him tribal and savage, giving him a different type of power to the power he had over the choir

34
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  1. “We could make a sundial”
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Piggy’s sensible suggestion is ignored, making him even more of an outsider

35
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  1. “They let the bloody fire out”
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Taboo language shows Jack’s frustration

36
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  1. “Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood”
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Dark sexual imagery, repeated chant of the hunters

37
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  1. “What are we? Humans, animals or savages?”
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Piggy speaks out

38
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  1. “Bollocks to the rules”
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Jack’s outburst, more taboo language shows how the boys are becoming less like the typical British schoolboys as time goes on

39
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  1. “What a place for a fort”
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Jack finds castle rock- symbolic of the divided tribes. There is a sense of order and superiority here as Jack gets a ‘castle’ and Ralph and Piggy only get the beach

40
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  1. “You could get someone to dress up as a pig”
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Structurally significant, the pig killing has become a ritual

41
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  1. “The ruin of a face”
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Simon finally sees ‘the beast’

42
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  1. “Sharpen a stick at both ends”
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Denouement of the novel, Roger intends to Ralph

43
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  1. “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill”
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Mocking voice of the Lord of the Flies, becomes a sort of strict teacher in Simon’s hallucination

44
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  1. “I wish we could go home”
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Ralph and Piggy are left alone after Sam n Eric join the hunters

45
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  1. “Who’ll join my tribe”
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Jack aggressively begins to recruit new members

46
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  1. “Ralph wept for the end of innocence”
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No longer an innocent child (link to Golding and his shock of the evil in WW2)

47
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  1. “Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life”
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The boys physical appearance has changed (‘painted faces and long hair’) but there is still a part of their old life stuck in them

48
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  1. “British boys would’ve been able to put up a better show”
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The Captain is disappointed, they’ve let down British values and instead become tribal and savage

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