Order and Disorder Flashcards
The creature was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing
Unity
I should have thought that a pack of British boys - you’re all British aren’t you? - Would have been able to put up a better show than that
The Officer
Chapter 12
Atavism, degeneration, regression
Ralph sat on the fallen trunk, his left side to the sun. On his right were most of the choir; on his left were the larger boys who had not known each other before… before him sat small children squatted in the grass
Initial organisation
You got your small fire all right
Regressionnnn
Chaos
Liberty
‘You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!’
Lack of unity
Atavism
They were glad to touch the brown backs of the fence that gemmed in the terror and made it governable
Order is fragile
Fear is penned in, but grows with the atavism
We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things.
Initial attempt at organisation
I’ll give the Conch to the next person to speak - they won’t be interrupted!
Ordered by jack to create order
Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!
Degeneration
The rock struck piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist
Murder
There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws
Atavism
‘That was Simon, that was murder’
Attempt to clarify
The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away
Descending into Savagery
‘What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?’
Loss of order
‘Which is better - to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill’
Piggy attempting to maintain order
