lotf Flashcards
there was a mildness about
his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil
the boys were a closed
circuit of sympathy with Piggy outside
we may stay here
till we die
the conch doesnt count
on top of the mountain, so shut up
i ought to be
chief
there was his size, and attractive appearance;
and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch
because of the enormity of the knife
descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood
after all, we’re not savages.
we’re english; and the english are the best at everything
we want meat
we need shelters
all you can talk about is
pig, pig, pig!
two continents of experience
and feeling, unable to communicate
rogers arm was
conditioned by a civilisation that new nothing of him and was in ruins
taboo of
the old life
awesome
stranger
liberated from
shame and self-consciousness
they let
the bloody fire out
kill the pig. cut her throat.
spill her blood.
this meeting must not
be fun but business
unless we get
frightened of people
what i mean is…
maybe it’s only us