LORD OF THE FLIES Quotations Flashcards
Long scar…
smashed into the jungle
Perhaps there aren’t any…
grown ups
So long as they don’t…
call me what they used to in school
He’s a commander…
in the Navy
We’ll have…
rules!
Mulberry coloured…
birthmark
But there isn’t…
a beast.
HIs specs - use them…
as burning glasses!
Don’t you want…
to be rescued?
The mask…
compelled them
We could make…
a sundial
They let…
the bloody fire out
Kill the pig,…
cut her throat, spill her blood
What are we? …
Humans or animals or savages?
Bollocks…
to the rules
What a place…
for a fort
You could get someone…
to dress up as a pig
The ruin…
of a face
Sharpen…
a stick at both ends
Fancy thinking the…
beast was something you could hunt and kill
I wish we could…
go home
Who’ll join…
my tribe
We’ll have to have…
hands up like at school
- “Long scar smashed into the jungle”
anthropomorphic imagery, damage done by crash
2.”Perhaps there aren’t any grown ups”
excitement and thrill of freedom from the rules
3.”So long as they don’t call me what they used to in school”
Piggy shows his vulnerability, this juxtaposes with his value to the group in terms of his glasses
- “He’s a commander in the navy”
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
- “We’ll have rules!”
Piggy likes order, power he didn’t have before
- “Mulberry coloured birthmark”
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
- “But there isn’t a beast”
Ralph begins to reassure the boys, the beast within can be projected onto different objects
- “His specs- use them as burning glasses”
Jack suggests using Piggy’s vulnerability to help others, but he’s never respected for that.
- “Don’t you want to be rescued”
Ralph begins to question Jack’s motivation
- “The mask compelled them”
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
- “We could make a sundial”
Piggy’s sensible suggestion is ignored, making him even more of an outsider
- “They let the bloody fire out”
Taboo language shows Jack’s frustration
- “Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood”
Dark sexual imagery, repeated chant of the hunters
- “What are we? Humans, animals or savages?”
Piggy speaks out
- “Bollocks to the rules”
Jack’s outburst, more taboo language shows how the boys are becoming less like the typical British schoolboys as time goes on
- “What a place for a fort”
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
- “You could get someone to dress up as a pig”
Structurally significant, the pig killing has become a ritual
- “The ruin of a face”
Simon finally sees ‘the beast’
- “Sharpen a stick at both ends”
Denouement of the novel, Roger intends to Ralph
- “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill”
Mocking voice of the Lord of the Flies, becomes a sort of strict teacher in Simon’s hallucination
- “I wish we could go home”
Ralph and Piggy are left alone after Sam n Eric join the hunters
- “Who’ll join my tribe”
Jack aggressively begins to recruit new members
- “Ralph wept for the end of innocence”
No longer an innocent child (link to Golding and his shock of the evil in WW2)
- “Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life”
The boys physical appearance has changed (‘painted faces and long hair’) but there is still a part of their old life stuck in them
- “British boys would’ve been able to put up a better show”
The Captain is disappointed, they’ve let down British values and instead become tribal and savage
