LOTF Characters Flashcards
Ralph
(inherent good)
“There was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil”
Ralph
(epithet)
‘Fair boy’
Ralph
(maturity and scope for leadership)
‘A link with the adult world of authority’
Jack
(rebellious, rejecting democracy)
‘Bollocks to the rules’
Jack
(arrogance)
‘Uniformed superiority and offhand leadership’
Jack
(controlled and driven savage excessive power and authority)
‘Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms, authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape’
Simon
(kindness, looking after the vulnerable)
‘Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach’
Simon
(prophetic, comforting)
‘You’ll get back all right. I think so, anyway.’
Simon
(prophetic sight, yet lacking authoritative power enough to make a difference)
‘Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.’
Roger
(imbalance of power in society)
“Roger advanced upon them at once wielding a nameless authority”
Piggy
(vulnerable, weak)
‘Paley and fatly naked’
Piggy
(brains)
“Piggy for all his ludicrous body had brains”
Piggy
(sense of social justice)
‘I’ll say not because you’re strong but because what’s right’s right’
Piggy
(maturity and reason)
‘Acting like a bunch of kids!’
Samneric
(followers)
‘Twins grinning and panting at Ralph’
