Power

Question 1

initially, power is presented…
(ch.1)

Answer 1

through humanity’s destruction of the natural world and power over nature

Question 2

finish the quote: ‘all round him the long….

Answer 2

….scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat’

Question 3

finish the quote: ‘torn everywhere by…

Answer 3

…the upheavals of fallen trees’

Question 4

finish the quote: ‘he snatched his knife…

Answer 4

…out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk’

Question 5

finish the quotation : ‘tried to control…

Answer 5

…the motions of the scavengers’

Question 6

finish the quotation: ‘he felt himself exercising…

Answer 6

…control over living things’

Question 7

initially, power is presented…
(ch.1)

Answer 7

as democratic

Question 8

finish the quote: ‘let’s have…

Answer 8

…a vote’

Question 9

finish the quote: ‘what do you…

Answer 9

…want them to be?’

Question 10

initially, power is presented…
(ch.1)

Answer 10

through ralph’s leadership qualities

Question 11

finish the quote: ‘let him be chief…

Answer 11

…with the trumpet thing’

Question 12

finish the quote: ‘there was his size…

Answer 12

…and attractive appearance’

Question 13

finish the quote: ‘ralph raised…

Answer 13

…a hand for silence’

Question 14

finish the quote: ‘the assembly was lifted…

Answer 14

..toward safety by his words’

Question 15

finish the quote: ‘they liked…

Answer 15

…and now respected him’

Question 16

initially, power is presented…
(ch.1)

Answer 16

through jack’s desire for power

Question 17

finish the quote: ‘he snatched his knife out of the sheath…

Answer 17

….and slammed it into a tree trunk’

Question 18

finish the quote: ‘he looked round…

Answer 18

…fiercely, daring them to contradict’

Question 19

finish the quote: ‘because i’m…

Answer 19

…chapter chorister and head boy’

Question 20

finish the quote: ‘but if there was a snake…

Answer 20

…we’d hunt it and kill it’

Question 21

‘but if there was a snake we’d hunt it and kill it’

Answer 21

• manipulates boys’ fear and uses it to his advantage and to increase his power and the need for him
• political allegory
• similar to that of world war 2- hitler - created fear of communism

Question 22

throughout the course of the novel, power is presented…
(ch.9)

Answer 22

through simon’s interaction with the lord of the flies

Question 23

finish the quote: ‘simon’s mouth laboured…

Answer 23

…brought forth audible words’

Question 24

finish the quote: ‘fancy thinking the…

Answer 24

…Beast was something you could hunt and kill!’

Question 25

'simon's mouth laboured, brought forth audible words' 'fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!'

Answer 25

- simon 'laboured' -> extreme difficulty in trying to argue with the lord of the flies, emphasising the struggle in resisting the beast and the beast's power over mankind - simon 'laboured, brought forth' -> great effort, however 'fancy' belittles him with a sarcastic, patronising tone -> showcasing how mankind is powerless against evil

Question 26

throughout the course of the novel, power is presented... (ch.8)

Answer 26

through roger

Question 27

finish the quote: 'roger ran around the heap...

Answer 27

...prodding with his spear whenever pigflesh appeared'

Question 28

finish the quote: 'roger found a lodgement for his point...

Answer 28

...and began to push till he was leaning with his whole weight'

Question 29

throughout the course of the novel, power is presented...

Answer 29

through conflict

Question 30

finish the quotation: 'the supreme sting...

Answer 30

...the casual, bitter word'

Question 31

finish the quotation: 'ralph heard...

Answer 31

...the mockery and hated jack'

Question 32

'the supreme sting, the casual, bitter word' 'ralph heard the mockery and hated jack'

Answer 32

- power struggle - none of them want to look like cowards - fighting for power

Question 33

throughout the end of the novel, power is presented... (ch.9)

Answer 33

as a dictatorship

Question 34

finish the quote: 'jack, painted...

Answer 34

...and garlanded, sat there like an idol'

Question 35

'jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol'

Answer 35

- as if he is a king on a throne - worshipping him

Question 36

finish the quote: 'there were piles of meat...

Answer 36

...on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coconut shells full of drink'

Question 37

finish the quote: 'jack stood up...

Answer 37

...and waved his spear'

Question 38

finish the quote: 'give me a drink'

Answer 38

- imperative - abusing power

Question 39

'there were piles of meat on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coconut shells full of drink'

Answer 39

- ordering the boys around - treated like a king - abusing his power - promises food, fun and protection from the beast to get them to join his tribe -> like hitler -> took advantage of post-depression conditions and promised 'work and bread'

Question 40

throughout the end of the novel, power is presented.. (ch.11)

Answer 40

through violence

Question 41

finish the quote : 'roger took up a...

Answer 41

...small stone and flung it..... aiming to miss'

Question 42

finish the quote: 'sam only just kept his...

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...footing. some source of power began to pulse in roger's body'

Question 43

finish the quote: 'jack made a rush...

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...and stabbed at ralph's chest with his spear'

Question 44

finish the quote: 'his one hand still...

Answer 44

...on the lever'

Question 45

finish the quote: 'below him, ralph was a shock of hair...

Answer 45

...and piggy a bag of fat'

Question 46

finish the quote: 'the conch exploded...

Answer 46

...into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist'

Question 47

'the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist'

Answer 47

- ralph's power lost - conch was one of the main reasons he was elected - now it is broken - end of democracy + into dictatorship