Power Flashcards
The creature was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing
Oppression
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
Lust for power
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
Democracy
‘You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!’
Jack becomes an invasive dictator
They were glad to touch the brown backs of the fence that gemmed in the terror and made it governable
They lose power over their fears
Jack uses this to gain power over them
I’ll give the Conch to the next person to speak - they won’t be interrupted!
Imperative
Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!
Power over nature
The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering
Loss of power over oneself
Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority
Authority
The rock struck piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist
Murder
Dictatorship
There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws
Power in atavistic unity
This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.
Fear of the power of a higher being
Behind them on the grass the headless and paunched body of a sow lay where they had dropped it
Power over nature
The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away
Power of the old world- there’s a few more in the book u could attribute to this idea as well
If faces were different when lit from above or below - what was a face? What was anything?
Anonymity grants power
