Lord Of The Flies Quotes Flashcards
Chapter 1 jack
I aught to be chief because I’m chapter choicest and head boy
Chapter 1 leadership Ralph
We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting
Chapter 2 responsibility Ralph
There aren’t any grown ups we shall have to look after ourselves
Chapter 2 jack
We’ll have rules,lots of rules then when anyone breaks em.
Chapter 3 jack
‘his bare back was a mass of dark freckles and peeling sunburn’
Chapter 3 jack
‘he tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up’
Chapter 4
At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like an angry eye
Chapter 4 Roger
Roger stooped picked up a stone aimed and threw it at Henry threw it to miss
Chapter 4
They obeyed the summons of the conch, partly because Ralph blew it
Chapter 5 Ralph
Look at us! How many are we? And yet we can’t keep a fire going to make smoke. Don’t you understand
Chapter 5 jack
“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong – we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat
Chapter 6
However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick.
Chapter 6
There’s no food here,” said Ralph, “and no shelter. Not much fresh water.” “This would make a wizard fort.”
Chapter 7 Robert
Robert squealed in mock terror, then in real pain…
Chapter 7
Robert snarled at him. Ralph entered into the play and everybody laughed
Chapter 8 jack
And about the beast. When we kill we’ll some of the kill for it. Then it won’t bother us, maybe.
Chapter 8 Simon
At last Simon gave up and looked back; saw the white teeth and dim eyes, the blood
Chapter 9
Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with the threat of violence.
Chapter 9
At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore.
Chapter 10 Robert
He’s going to beat Wilfred.” “What for?” Robert shook his head doubtfully.
Chapter 10 jack
From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses.
Chapter 11
They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought.
Chapter 11
the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist
Chapter 11
Roger threw between the twins aimed to miss
Chapter 11
Roger edged past the chief, only just avoiding pushing him with his shoulder
Chapter 12 ralph
Don’t scream
Chapter 12
Great heaviness of smokelay between the island and the sun
Chapter 12
Roger who carried death in his hand
Chapter 12 officer
Thought that a pack of British boys would have put up a better show than this
Important quotes
They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate
Quotes
“The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.”
Quotes
Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood
Jack
His specs – use them as burning glasses
Chapter 11-12
Sharpen a stick at both ends
Simon
Maybe there is a beast… Maybe it’s only us
The separate noises of the fire merged into a drumroll that seemed to shake the mountain.
The first time the signal fire is lit, it rages out of control. Readers note that one of the “littluns,” the boy with a mulberry mark on his face, most likely dies in this fire as he’s never seen again. At first, the signal fire symbolizes rescue. But as it grows out of control, it symbolizes danger and death
Lord of the flies
This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.”
During an epileptic fit, Simon imagines that the pig’s head on the stick is talking to him. Here, Golding makes clear that the pig’s head, which is also referred to as Lord of the Flies, another name for the Devil, is a symbol of the beast, which represents evil. During his hallucination, Simon understands that the beast is not something that can be killed because it exists inside humans
What are you doing out here all alone? Aren’t you afraid of me? . . . There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast.”
