LOTF-Ralph Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
“The boy with the fair hair”
A
•Innocence /angelic
•First image =Good image foreshadows he’s the prelapsarian character
•Made to look the best
“Fair hair” = angelic
2
Q
- Democracy-democratic ruling
* is not a dictator like Jack
A
“I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he’s speaking”
3
Q
- works hard in a society which he “owns”
- brings normal life on uncivilised island
- refers to democratic way of ruling
A
“You remember the meeeting? How every one was going to work hard until the shelters were finished?”
4
Q
- needs piggy> symbiotic relationship
- likes piggy, cares for him-shows maturaty
- understands piggy and littluns vulnerability= good leadership quality> will not leave behind the weak
A
“We can’t leave the littluns alone with Piggy. Not all night”
5
Q
- Cares to be rescued
- (WE) wants everyone to be rescued not just himself- good leadership skills
- Only one cares about it
A
“The fire’s the most imporatant thing. Without the fire we can’t be rescued”
6
Q
“The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the House Counties”
A
- School boy-democracy and civilisation
- MC-norm for him
- Cant look dirty
- place of savgery to a place of civilisation
7
Q
“But there isn’t a beastie”
A
- uses conch respectfully
- good leadership qualities
- Childish as he uses “beastie”> could show his maturity if he understands democracy though and emphasises age/youth
