Ralph Flashcards
1
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initially, ralph is presented…
(ch.1)
A
through appearance
2
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finish the quote: ‘fair..
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..hair’
3
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finish the quote: ‘golden…
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..body’
4
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finish the quote: ‘he might make a…
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…boxer’
5
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finish the quote: ‘mildness about the mouth and eyes…
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…that proclaimed no devil’
6
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‘fair hair’
‘golden body’
‘boxer’
‘mildness about the mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil’
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- attractive and athletic
- presented as the model boy
- seen as the ideal boy in society
7
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initially, ralph is presented…
(ch.1)
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through the humiliation and bad treatment of piggy
8
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start the quote: …with laughter’
A
‘shrieked…
9
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finish the quote: ‘Piggy!…
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…Piggy!’
10
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start the quote: …your auntie’
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‘sucks to…
11
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start the quote: …your ass-mar’
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‘sucks to…
12
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finish the quote: ‘ralph looked…
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…through him’
13
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finish the quote: ‘was not…
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…interested’
14
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‘shrieked with laughter’
‘Piggy!Piggy!’
‘sucks to your auntie’
‘sucks to your ass-mar’
‘ralph looked through him’
‘was not interested’
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- deliberately humiliates Piggy in his first conversation with him
- uncaring, nasty attitude towards others- keeps on going although he recognises Piggy’s discomfort
- bully
15
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initially, ralph is presented…
(ch.1)
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through interactions between jack and ralph
16
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finish the quote: ‘looked at him…
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…eager to offer something’
17
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finish the quote: ‘what do you…
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…want them to be?’
18
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finish the quote: ‘ralph glanced at them…
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…admiringly’
19
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initially, ralph is presented…
(ch.1+2)
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through law, order and civilisation set on the island
20
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start the quote: …like at school’
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‘we’ll have to have hands up…
21
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start the quote: …to the next person to speak’
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‘then I’ll give the conch…
22
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…
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‘assembly’
23
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‘we’ll have to have hands up like at school’
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- as a leader he is direct and clear
- his leadership is based on a democratic system, so he allows all the boys to have a say
- this is what makes the other boys recognise his leadership qualities such as bravery, fairness and a sense of justice when they elect him
24
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‘then i’ll give the conch to the next person to speak’
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- the conch is a key part of his leadership, what he uses to assert his authority
- ralph takes his role seriously, but does so with a quiet authority, which is respected by others
- he leads for the benefit of others rather than himself
- conveyed through his self-sacrifice
25
initially, ralph is presented...
(ch.1+ch.2)
as a natural leader
26
start the quote: ...fluently'
'he could talk...
27
finish the quote: 'raised a hand...
...for silence'
28
start the quote: ...by his words'
'lifted towards safety...
29
initially, ralph is presented...
through his priorities of survival and rescue
30
finish the quote: 'they let the...
...bloody fire go out'
31
start the quote: ...shelters'
'we want...
32
throughout the novel, ralph is presented...
(ch.5+7)
through his awareness and maturity
33
'aware'
- realises how far from civilisation they have slipped
34
finish the quote: 'discovered..
..dirt and decay'
35
finish the quote: 'not so large as the chief's..
...and not so comfortable'
36
finish the quote: 'need an....
...assembly'
37
finish the quote: 'to put things...
...straight'
38
finish the quote: 'that's really...
...dirty'
39
finish the quote: 'pulled distastefully...
....at his shirt'
40
throughout the novel, ralph is presented...
(ch.5)
as an incompetent leader
41
finish the quote: 'I can't...
...think'
42
start the quote: ...being chief'
'I ought to give up...
43
throughout the novel, ralph is presented...
(ch.5)
through the eyes of the littluns as influential and a role model
44
finish the quote: 'cradling the conch...
....as ralph did'
45
finish the quote: 'started to call...
...out for ralph'
46
throughout the novel, ralph is presented...
(ch.6+7)
through the loss of authority and power struggle
47
start the quote: ...broke in'
'jack...
48
finish the quote: 'I'm chief...
...I'll go. Don't argue'
49
start the quote: ...silent or muttering'
'mutinously, the boys fell...
50
finish the quote: 'the supreme sting...
..the casual bitter word'
51
throughout the novel, ralph is presented...
(ch.6+7+8)
through the differences in thinking between ralph and jack
52
finish the quote: 'rotten...
...place'
53
start the quote: ...water'
'no fresh...
54
finish the quote: 'what a place...
...for a fort'
55
'rotten place'
'what a place for a fort'
ralph's civilised values are much more sensible than jack's savage ones
56
start the quote : ...being fools'
'we're...
57
finish the quote: 'boys armed...
...with sticks'
58
throughout the novel, ralph is presented...
(ch.7+8)
through his brief descents into savagery
59
finish the quote: 'I hit...
...him'
60
finish the quote: 'the spear...
...stuck in'
61
finish the quote: 'i wounded...
...him!'
62
start the quote: ...him properly'
'I walloped...
63
finish the quote: 'ralph was full of..
...fright and apprehension and pride'
64
'ralph entered into the play'
- ralph's involvement in the hunt and the re-enactment is a further step towards savagery
- a hint that jack's violent leadership will soon replace ralph's civilised morals
65
finish the quote: 'to get a handful of that...
...brown, vulnerable flesh'
66
start the quote: 'the desire to squeeze...
...and hurt was over-mastering'
67
finish the quote: 'the silence...
...became full of doubt and wonder'
68
throughout the end of the novel, ralph is presented...
(ch.9)
through the shift power and authority from jack to ralph and jack's gain of confidence
69
finish the quote: 'the conch doesn't count...
...on this end of the island'
70
finish the quote: 'what are you going...
...to do about it then?'
71
finish the quote: 'confused...
...and sweating'
72
finish the quote: 'we shan't...
...hear it'
73
throughout the end of the novel, ralph is presented..
(ch.10)
through his acceptance and fear of their participation in simon's murder
74
finish the quote: 'that was..
...simon'
...murder'
75
finish the quote: 'i'm frightened..
..of us.i want to go home'
76
start the quote: ...all of us!
'but we were!...
77
throughout the end of the novel, ralph is presented...
(ch.10)
through ralph's loss of civilisation
78
finish the quote: 'limping..
..dirty, with dead leaves hanging from his shock of yellow hair'
79
finish the quote: 'the response..
...was mechanical. "sucks to your ass-mar" '
80
start the quote: ...of the world'
'dredged in his fading knowledge...
81
throughout the end of the novel , ralph is presented...
(ch.10+11+12)
as vulnerable
82
finish the quote: 'feeling curiously...
...defenceless with darkness pushing in'
83
start the quote: ...rocked himself to and fro'
'cradling the conch...
84
finish the quote: 'hurled...at ralph'
...his spear...
85
finish the quote: 'tears...
...began to flow and sobs shook him'
86
start the quote: ...wept'
'ralph...
87
throughout the end of the novel, ralph is presented...
(ch.12)
through jack's hunt for ralph
88
finish the quote: 'wormed....
start the quote: ...stabbed, snarling, with the spear'
finish the quote: 'like a...
finish the quote: 'screaming..
finish the quote: 'tear at it...
...out the ferns'
'like a cat:...
...boar'
...horse'
...snarling,bloody'
...ravenously'
89
start the quote: ...like a littlun'
'ralph whimpered and yawned...
90
start the quote: ...for battle'
'prepared...
91
finish the quote: 'heart-beats...
...were visible'
