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English Literature : Lord of the Flies > Ralph > Flashcards

Ralph Flashcards

1
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initially, ralph is presented…
(ch.1)

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through appearance

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finish the quote: ‘fair..

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..hair’

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finish the quote: ‘golden…

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..body’

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finish the quote: ‘he might make a…

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…boxer’

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finish the quote: ‘mildness about the mouth and eyes…

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…that proclaimed no devil’

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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
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initially, ralph is presented…
(ch.1)

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through the humiliation and bad treatment of piggy

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start the quote: …with laughter’

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‘shrieked…

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finish the quote: ‘Piggy!…

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…Piggy!’

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10
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start the quote: …your auntie’

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‘sucks to…

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start the quote: …your ass-mar’

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‘sucks to…

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12
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finish the quote: ‘ralph looked…

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…through him’

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13
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finish the quote: ‘was not…

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…interested’

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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
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initially, ralph is presented…
(ch.1)

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through interactions between jack and ralph

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16
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finish the quote: ‘looked at him…

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…eager to offer something’

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17
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finish the quote: ‘what do you…

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…want them to be?’

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18
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finish the quote: ‘ralph glanced at them…

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…admiringly’

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initially, ralph is presented…
(ch.1+2)

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through law, order and civilisation set on the island

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20
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start the quote: …like at school’

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‘we’ll have to have hands up…

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21
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start the quote: …to the next person to speak’

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‘then I’ll give the conch…

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…

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‘assembly’

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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
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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
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initially, ralph is presented…
(ch.1+ch.2)

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as a natural leader

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26
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start the quote: …fluently’

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‘he could talk…

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27
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finish the quote: ‘raised a hand…

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…for silence’

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28
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start the quote: …by his words’

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‘lifted towards safety…

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29
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initially, ralph is presented…

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through his priorities of survival and rescue

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30
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finish the quote: ‘they let the…

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…bloody fire go out’

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31
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start the quote: …shelters’

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‘we want…

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32
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throughout the novel, ralph is presented…
(ch.5+7)

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through his awareness and maturity

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‘aware’

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  • realises how far from civilisation they have slipped
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34
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finish the quote: ‘discovered..

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..dirt and decay’

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35
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finish the quote: ‘not so large as the chief’s..

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…and not so comfortable’

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36
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finish the quote: ‘need an….

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…assembly’

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37
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finish the quote: ‘to put things…

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…straight’

38
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finish the quote: ‘that’s really…

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…dirty’

39
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finish the quote: ‘pulled distastefully…

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….at his shirt’

40
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throughout the novel, ralph is presented…
(ch.5)

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as an incompetent leader

41
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finish the quote: ‘I can’t…

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…think’

42
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start the quote: …being chief’

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‘I ought to give up…

43
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throughout the novel, ralph is presented…
(ch.5)

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through the eyes of the littluns as influential and a role model

44
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finish the quote: ‘cradling the conch…

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….as ralph did’

45
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finish the quote: ‘started to call…

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…out for ralph’

46
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throughout the novel, ralph is presented…
(ch.6+7)

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through the loss of authority and power struggle

47
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start the quote: …broke in’

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‘jack…

48
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finish the quote: ‘I’m chief…

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…I’ll go. Don’t argue’

49
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start the quote: …silent or muttering’

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‘mutinously, the boys fell…

50
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finish the quote: ‘the supreme sting…

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..the casual bitter word’

51
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throughout the novel, ralph is presented…
(ch.6+7+8)

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through the differences in thinking between ralph and jack

52
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finish the quote: ‘rotten…

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…place’

53
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start the quote: …water’

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‘no fresh…

54
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finish the quote: ‘what a place…

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…for a fort’

55
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‘rotten place’
‘what a place for a fort’

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ralph’s civilised values are much more sensible than jack’s savage ones

56
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start the quote : …being fools’

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‘we’re…

57
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finish the quote: ‘boys armed…

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…with sticks’

58
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throughout the novel, ralph is presented…
(ch.7+8)

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through his brief descents into savagery

59
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finish the quote: ‘I hit…

60
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finish the quote: ‘the spear…

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…stuck in’

61
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finish the quote: ‘i wounded…

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…him!’

62
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start the quote: …him properly’

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‘I walloped…

63
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finish the quote: ‘ralph was full of..

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…fright and apprehension and pride’

64
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‘ralph entered into the play’

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  • 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
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finish the quote: ‘to get a handful of that…

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…brown, vulnerable flesh’

66
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start the quote: ‘the desire to squeeze…

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…and hurt was over-mastering’

67
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finish the quote: ‘the silence…

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…became full of doubt and wonder’

68
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throughout the end of the novel, ralph is presented…
(ch.9)

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through the shift power and authority from jack to ralph and jack’s gain of confidence

69
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finish the quote: ‘the conch doesn’t count…

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…on this end of the island’

70
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finish the quote: ‘what are you going…

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…to do about it then?’

71
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finish the quote: ‘confused…

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…and sweating’

72
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finish the quote: ‘we shan’t…

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…hear it’

73
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throughout the end of the novel, ralph is presented..
(ch.10)

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through his acceptance and fear of their participation in simon’s murder

74
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finish the quote: ‘that was..

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…simon’
…murder’

75
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finish the quote: ‘i’m frightened..

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..of us.i want to go home’

76
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start the quote: …all of us!

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‘but we were!…

77
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throughout the end of the novel, ralph is presented…
(ch.10)

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through ralph’s loss of civilisation

78
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finish the quote: ‘limping..

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..dirty, with dead leaves hanging from his shock of yellow hair’

79
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finish the quote: ‘the response..

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…was mechanical. “sucks to your ass-mar” ‘

80
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start the quote: …of the world’

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‘dredged in his fading knowledge…

81
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throughout the end of the novel , ralph is presented…
(ch.10+11+12)

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as vulnerable

82
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finish the quote: ‘feeling curiously…

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…defenceless with darkness pushing in’

83
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start the quote: …rocked himself to and fro’

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‘cradling the conch…

84
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finish the quote: ‘hurled…at ralph’

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…his spear…

85
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finish the quote: ‘tears…

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…began to flow and sobs shook him’

86
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start the quote: …wept’

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‘ralph…

87
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throughout the end of the novel, ralph is presented…
(ch.12)

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through jack’s hunt for ralph

88
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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…

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…out the ferns’
‘like a cat:…
…boar’
…horse’
…snarling,bloody’
…ravenously’

89
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start the quote: …like a littlun’

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‘ralph whimpered and yawned…

90
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start the quote: …for battle’

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‘prepared…

91
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finish the quote: ‘heart-beats…

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…were visible’

English Literature : Lord of the Flies (31 decks)

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