quotes Flashcards
“kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her guts”
suggests savagery as the boys are being violent and aggressive when killing the pig and they don’t care about it.
Golding uses imperative words to show violence to the reader.
Jack cuts the pigs throat as he is the most violent one out of them
“The greatest ideas are the simplest.”
the greatest ideas are often those that take no thought; they’re the ideas that come from common sense.
Bollocks to the rules!
Jack shouts this to Piggy, who advocates against believing in the beast, and in maintaining the signal fire. Again, Golding shows that Jack’s pitch is simple and compelling, while Piggy’s and Ralph’s is mired in debate and indecision. By offering simple, brutal solutions and by playing off of the other boys’ fears, Jack positions himself as likely chief.
His specs – use them as burning glasses!
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?”
Piggy says this to Ralph during one of their assemblies. Piggy is consistently in support of keeping a signal fire going, and concentrating on their rescue. He sees the boys’ potential for violence long before the others. Here, he pleads with his listeners to remember their civilization back home, while articulating a central question of the novel.
