Ralph Flashcards
Last line
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart”
quote showing the fire being let out
“the fire was right out, smokeless and dead: the watchers were gone”
what quite foreshadows the viscous hunt for ralph at the end of the book
“the twins stood with the pig swinging between them”
Jack and Ralph’s reactions to the fire being let out
calm “you let the fire out”
excited “there was lashings of blood”
Description
“the boy with the fair hair” outward reflection
Quote showing Ralph’s peacefulness
“but there was a stillness about ralph”
Quote where ralph tries to defuse tension with jack
“Ralph rolled on his stomach and began to play with the grass”
Quite showing how Ralph’s focus is easily distracted by jack
“Ralph was puzzled by the flick that switched in his brain” has to push back savagery”
“the desire to squeeze and hurt was over mastering” shows how savage he is becoming when around jack
Quite showing Ralph’s maturity
“that was murder”
what does ralph say when fire goes out
you said you’d keep the fire going and you let it out
the fire was out; dead and lifeless
quote for when he first suggests the fire
we must make a fire
quite for when ralph is being hunted
a voice shouted. ‘smoke!’