Quotes Flashcards
“The boy with fair hair”
Shows connotations of ralph representing good
“I’ve been wearing glasses since I was three”
Piggy is special from the other boys
“Something dark tumbling along”
Jack’s first appearance in the novel
“Ugly without silliness”1
Jack’s appearance rules his out as a leader , which gives Ralph the upper hand
“You’re no good on a job like this”
Piggy’s appearance and attitude let him down
“Genuine leadership”
Ralph shows genuine leadership
“All three were hot, dirty and exhausted”
List of three
“They savoured the right of domination”
The boys enjoy the freedom of being alone
“Next time there would be no mercy”
Now ashamed and humiliated,jack tries to prove himself as a strong and capeable leader to the boys be killing the pig. Starts his obsession with hunting
“We’lol have rules… lots of rules. Then anyone who breaks them
Whee ooh
Bong
Doink”
Suggests jack’s personality if he were to be a leader, he would be cries and ruthlessly punish his subjects for silly mistakes
“Jack clamoured among them, the conch forgotten”
Shows that jack has no respect for the conch. He disregards civilisation and slowly drifts toward barbarity
“The boys were dancing”
Makes you think of a tribe and suggests savagery
“One side the air was cool,but on the other side the fire thrust out a savage arm”
Juxtaposition
“I got the conch”
Shows that piggy doesn’t like being told what to do
“Trees … crawled away”
Similie
“The flames were a kind of wildlife”
Imagery
“The separate noises of the fire merged into a drum roll that seemed to shake the mountain”
The fire is so great that it is now out of control
The fire “seemed to shake the mountain”
Extended metaphor should that Golding is using animal imagery to describe the fire.
“I said have you got any water ? I’m thirsty”
The manner in which jack speaks shows s signs of aggression and rudeness
“We want meat … And we want shelters”
Ralph is interested in building shelters and getting rescued whereas, Jack is only interested in hunting and eating meat. Shows a divide between civilisation and barbarity