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Lord of the Flies QUOTES Flashcards

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The sea seperating the boys from civilisation

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‘the barrier’ and ‘the divider’

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Chapter 7 - rescue

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‘one might dream of resuce’

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The current representing the the boys

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‘flowing backwards’

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Chapter 4 - tribal, primitive behaviour foreshadowing further violence

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‘Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood’

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Chapter 2 - Jacks ironic claim to savagery

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‘After all, we’re not savages’

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Chapter 8 - Jack twisting Ralph’s words to gain support from the littluns

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‘Ralph thinks you’re cowards’

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Chapter 12 - Ralph’s expression of original sin

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‘darkness of man’s heart’

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Chapter 7 - Ralph justifying joining in on killing the pig

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‘just a game, said Raph uneasily’

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Chapter 7 - Ralph giving into the savagery and being a figure of original sin

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‘The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering’ and ‘Ralph got carried away by a sudden thick excitement’

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Chapter 7 - Mob mentality

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‘The chant rose ritually’

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Chapter 5 - summary of Piggy’s physical and mental atributions

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‘Piggy for all his ludicrous body, had brains’

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Piggy descriptions (weaker)

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‘asthma’ and ‘very fat’

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Piggy’s bad grammar

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‘em’

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Piggy - mourning loss of civilisation, values, ethics and decorum

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‘what’s grown ups goin’ to think’

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Chapter 8 - nature of pigs

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‘bloated bags of fat’ and ‘unsuspicious’

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Chapter 8 - noun phrase of sow

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‘maternal bliss’

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Chapter 8 - Superlative of the sow (Jack proving his power / hunting prowess

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‘largest sow’

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Chapter 5 - Ralph’s view on the future of the leadership

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‘the rules are the only thing we’ve got’

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Chapter 5 - Piggy’s fear if the conch doesn’t work

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‘we’ll be like animals’

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Ralph’s positive view on Jack’s leadership style

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‘uneasy admiration’

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Chapter 8 - Sow being killed

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‘gasping’ , ‘staggered’ , ‘blundered’, ‘high-pitched scream’

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Chapter 1 - first sign of danger of Jack and the hunters

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‘snake clasp belt’

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Chapter 1 - Some hunters had already descended (innate)

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‘some half naked’

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Chapter 2 - Jacks leadership (knowing there is no beast, but exploiting littluns fear so they are dependant on his protection)

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‘If there was a snake we’d hunt and kill it’

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Ralph’s tactical error when addressing the littluns about the beast

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‘there isn’t a beast’

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Conch beginning to lose it’s power as the boys descend into savagery

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‘glitensing’ + ‘deap cream’ to ‘bleached’

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Conch’s emphasis of fragility

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‘fragile, shining beauty’

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Predatory nature of the hunters

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‘circling’

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Military nature of the hunters

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‘marching’

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Chanting nature of the hunters

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‘began to beat like a steady pulse’

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The masks escape from civilisation

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‘The mask compelled them and ‘liberated from shame and self-conciouness)

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Childish descent of the boys

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‘laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling’

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Chapter 12 - Ralph’s distress

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‘wept for the end of innocence’

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Chapter 2 - Jacks ironic claim to savagery

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‘After all, we’re not savages’

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