Lord of the Flies - Quote to theme Flashcards
“‘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!’” - Piggy to Ralph
Bullying
Weakness
Chapter 1
“The creature was a party of boys, marching . . . “ - The Choir Boys
Foreshadows the sinister nature of the boys
Evil
Army/war
Chapter 1
“‘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.’”
Innocence/savagery
Imperialism
Chapter 3
“Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for the fruit they could not reach . . . passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.” - Simon
Religion
Innocence
Good (vs Evil)
Chapter 3
“He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.” - Jack
Savagery
Evil
Chapter 4
“‘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.’” - Piggy
Science/Logic
Fear
Chapter 5
“‘[F]ear 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, you useless lot of cry-babies!” - Jack
Fear
Power
Chapter 5
“‘Maybe there is a beast . . . .maybe it’s only us.’” Chapter 5 - Simon
“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.” - Narrator
Fear
Civilisation
Chapter 5
“The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering. - Ralph
Savagery
Chapter 8
“‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!’” - Hunters
Savagery
Primitivity
Evil
Chapter 9
“There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.”
Savagery
Primitivity
Chapter 9
“‘[We should be] looking like we used to, washed and hair brushed — after all we aren’t savages really . . . .’” - Ralph
Savagery
Primitivity
Chapter 11
“Which is better — to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?” - Piggy
Civilisation
Democracy
Chapter 11
“The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”
End of civilisation
Savagery
Chapter 12
“‘I should have thought that a pack of British boys . . . would have been able to put up a better show than that.’” - Navy Officer
Nationalism
Conflict
Chapter 12
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”
Innocence vs experience
Civilisation
Chapter 4
Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life.
Civilisation
Society
Savagery
Fear
Chapter 7
“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!
… I’m part of you - Lord of the Flies
Fear
Innate human savagery
Chapter 12
Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.
Death
Fear
Loss of innocence
