Ralph quotes

Question 1

Quote from beginning suggesting that Ralph has the capacity for savagery

Answer 1

Ralph continued to watch the ship, ravenously

Question 2

Quote from beginning, reasons why Ralph was chosen as chief

Answer 2

But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch.

Question 3

Quote from beginning, Ralph isn’t concerned about the problems without adults

Answer 3

Here was a coral island. Protected from the sun, ignoring Piggy’s ill-omened talk, he dreamed pleasantly

Question 4

Quote from beginning, Ralph vs Jack

Answer 4

There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skill; and there was the world of longing and baffled commonsense.

Question 5

Quote from beginning, Ralph and juxtaposing feelings

Answer 5

Unwillingly Ralph turned away from the splendid, awful sight

Question 6

Quote from middle, symbol of clothes

Answer 6

Ralph discovered dirt and decay

Question 7

Quote from middle, Ralph understanding that rules are vital

Answer 7

“The rules!” shouted Ralph. “You’re breaking the rules!” “Who cares?” “Because the rules are the only thing we’ve got!”

Question 8

Quote from middle, Ralph being involved in hurting Robert

Answer 8

Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.

Question 9

Quote from middle, Ralph’s desires vs responsibility

Answer 9

I’d like to put on war-paint and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning

Question 10

Quote from middle, Ralph’s desire for authority

Answer 10

“We’re all drifting and things are going rotten. At home there was always a grownup. Please, sir, please, miss; and then you got an answer. How I wish!”

Question 11

Quote from middle, free indirect discourse

Answer 11

this seemed the breaking up of sanity. Fear, beasts, no general agreement that the fire was all-important

Question 12

Quote from end, Ralph eager to be part of the savage group

Answer 12

Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society

Question 13

Quote from end, image of circles and animalistic during death of Simon

Answer 13

the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed

Question 14

Quote from end, Ralph being the only person to admit that what they did to Simon was wrong

Answer 14

That was murder

Question 15

Quote from end, fear of beast –> fear of humans

Answer 15

“I’m frightened. Of us. I want to go home.”

Question 16

Quote from end, important Ralph quote

Answer 16

Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.

Question 17

Topic sentences for Ralph

Answer 17

Beginning - Strong leader, idea of island amuses him. Strong desire for civilisation.
Middle - Missing civilisation. Savagery is tempting Ralph.
End - Connection to civilisation loosening, worn down by conflict and savagery

Question 18

Quote from beginning, Ralph wanting to be rescued

Answer 18

Don’t you want to be rescued? All you can
talk about is pig, pig, pig!”

Question 19

Quote from end, Ralph not remembering, loose ties to civilisation

Answer 19

Ralph tried indignantly to remember. There was something good about a fire. Something overwhelmingly good.
“Curtain”

Question 20

Quote from middle, Ralph losing focus on the fire

Answer 20

He sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was good
after all.