Lord of the flies quotes Flashcards
vote for a chief-random kid
shows the beginning of democracy
him with the shell-random kid
shows conch to be symbol of authority
with the directness of genuine leadership-about ralph
creates a sense of authority
men?…animals.
foreshadows the boys decent into savages
a hiatus,the pig continued to scream-about jack
hesitation, shows innocence
i was choosing a place. next time!
shows how social norm is for boys to be violent and any mercy or hesitation is viewed as weakness
there would be no mercy
foreshadows the cruelty following jacks leadership
hands up like at school-ralph
clinging to routine/social conventions
the beastie came in the dark
child hood fear of the dark, symbolizes their youth and fear
society paused around them (jack/ralph after pushed boulder down hill)
shows that social constraints are beginning to wear off
you’ll break the conch!
shows increased dismissal of civilisation/ increased violence
madness came into his eyes again(about jack)
i thought i might kill
madness=separate entity, animal instincts taking over
their passionately emotional and corporate life was their own (about the kids)
shows how they’re separate from mainstream society don’t get involved with ralph/jacks civil war
the mask compelled them
freed by the paint
anonymity removes shame and any remaining social constraints enabling them to act outside of how they normally would
kill the pig cut her throat spill her blood
chant shows cult like aspects of their small society
there was lashings of blood said jack laughing
shows psychopathic tendancies
there was a ship
you let it out (the fire)
hunters ignoring ralphs orders starting to rebel,
half raw meat and gnawed it like a wolf-about ralph
shows desperation/animalistic side creeping through
this meeting must not be fun but business
shows ralphs maturity
what was a face? what was anything? -ralph
existential crisis usually occurs in adults not children shows ralphs maturity
what i mean is…maybe it’s only us -simon
boys=beast
percival wemys madison. of the vicarage, harcourt st anthony
starts to forget name as society looses its hold on them
i’m not going to play any longer- jack
still child like, throwing tantrums and displaying a childs cruelty
that was murder…you stop it -ralph/piggy
denial, masks gone realisation/consequences sink in
a savage
the cheif jack=nameless
anonymous, nameless no identity outside of his cruel animalistic side
they didnt take the conch
savages have no interest in civilisation
from his hand dangled piggy’s broken glasses
stole fire/hope of survival/rescue
transfer of power
the conch exploded
just after first cold blooded murder all traces of civilisation gone
