Lord Of The Flies Quotes Flashcards
Chapter 2 Ralph quote for civilisation versus savagery
“We can’t have everybody talking at once. We’ll have to have a ‘Hands-up’ like at school”
Chapter 2 Jack quote for civilisation versus savagery
We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English.”
Chapter 5 Piggy quote for civilisation versus savagery
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”
Chapter 5 Jack quote for civilisation versus savagery
“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong - we hunt!”
Chapter 9 quote for civilisation versus savagery
“The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed”
Chapter 4 quote for good versus evil
“Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of old life”
Chapter 8 Beast quote for good versus evil
“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”
Chapter 9 Boys quote for good versus evil
“Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”
Chapter 11 Piggy quote for good versus evil
“Which is better - to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
Chapter 12 quote for good versus evil
“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”
Chapter 3 quote for religion
“Simon found for them the fruit that they could not reach”
Chapter 7 Simon quote for religion
“You’ll get back alright. I think so anyway”
Chapter 9 quote for religion
“A silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea”
Chapter 2 Ralph quote for power and leadership
“And another thing. We ought to have more rules. Where the conch is, that’s a meeting”
Chapter 2 Jack quote for power and leadership
“We’ll have rules! Lots of rules! Then when someone breaks ‘em-“
Chapter 4 quote for power and leadership battle
“There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill; and there was the world of longing and baffled commonsense”
Chapter 10 quote for power and leadership
“The Chief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in white and red”
Chapter 11 quote for power and leadership
“The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist”
Chapter 4 quote for civilisation versus savagery
“The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness”
Chapter 5 Simon quote for the Beast
“what I mean is… maybe it’s only us”
