year 10 eoy lotf quotes

Question 1

what are the first 10 quotes of chapter 1? (ralph and piggy talking before the shell)

Answer 1

‘the boy with the fair hair’
‘the long scar smashed’
‘the jungle was a bath of heat’
‘a witch like cry’
‘removed the thorns carefully’
‘where’s the man with the megaphone?’
‘skull-like coconuts’
‘snakeclasp’
‘mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil’
‘how does he know we’re here?’

Question 2

what are the 2nd set of 10 quotes from chapter 1? (finding the shell and seeing the choir)

Answer 2

‘we may stay here till we die’
‘it’s ever so valuable -‘
‘the shell was an interesting and worthy plaything’
‘-a conch; ever so expensive’
‘the shell was a deep cream, touched here and there with a fading pink’
‘we can use this to call the others. Have a meeting’
‘piggy muttered the name to himself’
‘the creature’
‘the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing’
‘each boy wore a square black cap with a silver badge on it’

Question 3

what is the 3rd set of nine quotes from chapter 1? (the arrival of the choir + being mean to piggy)

Answer 3

‘the boy who controlled them’
‘his cap badge was golden’
‘he shouted an order’
‘his hair was red’
‘ugly without silliness’
‘wearily obedient’
‘why should i be Jack? i’m merridew’
‘“he’s not fatty” cried ralph “his real name’s Piggy”’
‘the boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with piggy on the outside’

Question 4

what are the last 8 quotes of chapter 1?
(who gets to be chief and going up the mountain)

Answer 4

‘“i ought to be chief”, said jack with simple arrogance’
‘the choir belongs to you’
‘we don’t want you’
‘there came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream’
‘the pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the down stroke would be’
‘i was choosing a place’
‘because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh, because of the unbearable blood’
‘he snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a trunk’

Question 5

what are the first ten quotes of chapter 2? (talking about rules, the beast, opinions on ralph)

Answer 5

‘all the same, you need an army- for hunting. hunting pigs-‘
‘before i could kill it - but - next time!’
‘we’ll have to have ‘hands up’ like at school’
‘“we’ll have rules’” he cried excitedly. “lots of rules! then when anyone breaks ‘em-“’
‘but this is a good island’
‘but there isn’t a beastie!’
‘but if there was a snake-thing, we’d hunt it and kill it’
‘the weight of ralph’s new authority, brought light and happiness’
‘we shall be rescued’
‘they liked and now respected him’

Question 6

what is the second set of quotes for chapter 2?
(starting the fire and keeping it)

Answer 6

‘we must make a fire’
‘no one heard him. all at once the crowd swayed towards the island and was gone - following jack’
‘acting like a crowd of kids!’
‘ralph was left, holding the conch, with no one but piggy’
‘be caressed the conch respectfully’
‘his voice rose to a shriek of terror as jack snatched the glasses off his face’
‘you’ll break the conch’
‘the flame, that was nearly invisible at first’
‘a great beard of flame twenty feet in the air’
‘life became a race with the fire’

Question 7

what are the last 7 quotes of chapter 2? (the fire + some rules)

Answer 7

‘to keep a clean flag of flame flying in the mountain was the immediate end and no one looked further’
‘the fire thrust out a savage arm of heat’
‘“the conch doesn’t count on top of the mountain,” said jack, “so you shut up”’
‘we ought to have more rules’
‘we’ve got to have rules and obey them. after all, we’re not savages
‘now you been and set the whole island on fire’

Question 8

what are the first 10 quotes of chapter 3? (jack hunting , ralph and jack talking)

Answer 8

‘dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort’
‘tattered shorts held up by his knife-belt’
‘in his frustration seemed bolting and nearly mad’
‘flared nostrils’
‘ape-like’
‘from the pig run came the quick, hard latter of hoofs, a constant sound, seductive, maddening - the promise of meat’
‘when the meeting was over they’d work for five minutes then wander off or go hunting’
‘we want meat’
‘he tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him’
‘the madness came into his eyes again’

Question 9

what are the last 10 quotes of chapter 3?
(ralph and jack talking about shelters l, jack wanting to hunt, and simon)

Answer 9

‘we need shelters because of the-‘
‘you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but - being hunted’
‘ i’d like to hunt a pig first’
‘the opaque mad look’
‘paint our faces’
‘don’t you want to be rescued? all you can talk about is pig, pig, pig’
‘“but you like it!” shouted ralph. “you want to hunt”’
‘pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage’
‘to confirm that he was utterly done’
‘he cocked a critical ear at the sounds of the island’

Question 10

what are the first 10 quotes of chapter 4? (maurice and roger, hunting, letting the fire out, piggy)

Answer 10

‘though there as no parent to let fall a heavy hand, maurice still felt the unease of wrong doing’
‘he became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things’
‘roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at henry - threw it to miss’
‘invisible yet strong, was the taboo of old life’
‘no longer at himself, but an awesome stranger’
‘the mask was a thing on its own, behind which jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness’
‘the mask compelled them’
‘he was the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow’
‘piggy was an outsider’
‘the fire was dead’

Question 11

what are the last 10 quotes of chapter 4? (killing the pig + jack attacking piggy)

Answer 11

‘kill the pig. cut her throat. spill her blood’
‘the knowledge that they had out witted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away it’s like like a long satisfying drink’
‘you and your hunting, jack merridew!’ you and your hunting!’
‘struck his fist into piggy’s stomach’
‘piggy’s glasses flew off’
‘piggy cried out in terror’
‘now i only got one eye’
‘they were of the opinion that jack had done the decent thing’
‘that was a dirty trick’

Question 12

what are the first 10 quotes of chapter 5? (ralph thinking -> assembly)

Answer 12

‘this meeting must not be fun, but business’
‘a maze of thoughts rendered vague by his lack of words to express them’
‘piggy could think’
‘piggy was no chief. But piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains’
‘exposure to the air had bleached the yellow and pink to near white and transparency’
‘this place is getting dirty’
‘the fire is the most important thing on the island’
‘we ought to - ought to die before we let the fire out’
‘you voted me as chief. now you do what i say’
‘but you’ve talked and talked!’

Question 13

what are the second set of 10 quotations from chapter 5? (in the assembly talking about the beast)

Answer 13

‘things are breaking up.’
‘we began well; we were happy’
‘then people started getting frightened’
‘we’ve got to talk about this fear and decide there’s nothing in it’
‘you’re a lot of crybabies and sissies’
‘“life,” said piggy expansively, “is scientific, that’s what it is”’
‘no one had seen the mulberry-coloured birthmark again’
‘percival wemys madison, the vicarage, harcourt st anthony, hants, telephone, telephone, tele-‘
‘he had not got the conch and thus spoke against the rules; but nobody minded’
‘to ralph, this seemed like the breaking up of sanity. fear, beasts, no general agreement that the fire was all-important’

Question 14

what is the third set of quotes in chapter 5? (simon talking, rules, society, ralph questioning wether he should be chief)

Answer 14

‘maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us’
‘simon became inarticulate in his effort to explain man’s essential illness’
‘we can’t have proper assemblies if you don’t stick to the rules’
‘the world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away’
‘what are we? humans? or animals? or savages? what’s grownups going to think?’
‘you’re breaking the rules!’ (ralph) ‘who cares?’ (jack)
‘rules are the only thing we got’
‘if i blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it’
‘i ought to give up being chief’
‘if jack was chief we’d have all fun and no fire. we’d be here till we died’

Question 15

what are the last 3 quotes of chapter 5? (things going bad, adults)

Answer 15

‘but he’s, he’s, Jack Merridew!’
‘we’re drifting and things are going rotten’
‘they’d meet and have tea and discuss. then things ‘ud be alright’

Question 16

what where the first eight quotes of chapter 6? (the parachutist, talking ab conch)

Answer 16

‘a sign came down from the world of the grownups, though at the the time, there was no child awake to read it’
‘the trees of the forest sighed then roared’
‘ralph took the conch from where it lay on it’s polished seat and held it to his lips, but then hesitated and did not blow. he held up the shell instead and showed it to them and they understood’
‘we don’t need the conch anymore’
‘it’s time some people knew they’ve got to keep quiet and leave the deciding things for the rest of us’
‘“you haven’t got the conch,” he said. “sit down”’
‘remained standing’
‘don’t you want to be rescued?’

Question 17

what are the last 7 quotes of chapter 6? (hunting the beast, finding castle rock)

Answer 17

‘he let jack lead the way’
‘simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick’
‘what a place for a fort!’
‘no fresh water’
‘this is a rotten place’
‘the knot of boys … were heaving and pushing at a rock’
‘this would make a wizard fort’

Question 18

what are the first 11 quotes from chapter 7? (looking for beast, mock hunting)

Answer 18

‘they were dirty, not with the spectacular dirt of boys who have fallen into the mud or been brought down hard one rainy day’
‘on the other side of the island, swathed at midday with mirage, defended by the shield of the quiet lagoon, one might dream of rescue; but here, faced by the brute obtuseness of the ocean, the miles of division, one was clamped down, one was helpless, one was condemned, one was-‘
‘you’ll get back to where you came from’ (simon to piggy)
‘robert squealed in mock terror, then in real pain’
‘ralph, carried away by a sudden thick excitement’
‘all at once, robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy’
‘kill the pig! cut his throat! bash him in!’
‘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’
‘we ought to have a drum’
‘use a littlun’ (to kill)

Question 19

what were the last 11 quotes of chapter 7? (on the hunt for beast, debating whether to go up or not)

Answer 19

‘after tea-time at any rate’
‘by now ralph had no self consciousness in public thinking but would treat the days decisions as though he were playing chess. the only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player’
‘“we can’t leave piggy alone with the littluns. not all night.” the other boys said nothing’
‘through the forest by himself? now?’
‘i’ll go if you like. i don’t mind, honestly’
‘he led the way and set himself as by right to back at the tangles. jack brought up the rear, displaced and brooding’
‘i’m going up the mountain’
‘the supreme sting, the casual, bitter word “coming?”’
‘his voice came out cool and casual so that the bitterness of jacks taunt fell powerless’
‘the darkness seemed to flow around them like a tide’
‘for the first time since he had known jack, ralph felt him hesitate’

Question 20

what are the first 10 quotes of chapter 8? (talking ab beast, jack leaving, start of hunting)

Answer 20

‘we’d hide. even jack ‘ud hide’
‘that thing squats by the fire as though it didn’t want us to be rescued’
‘he’s like piggy. he says things like piggy. he isn’t a proper chief.’
‘ “hands up,” said jack strongly, “whoever wants ralph to not be chief?” the silence continued, breathless and full of shame.’
‘i’m going off by myself. he can catch his own pigs. anyone who wants to hunt when i do can come.’
‘only piggy could have the intellectual daring to suggest moving the fire from the mountain’
‘for the first time on the island, piggy removed his one glass’
‘i’m going to get more biguns away from the conch and all that’
‘they were awed by him and looked at each other in uneasy admiration’
‘wedded to her in lust, excited by the long chase and dropped blood’

Question 21

what were the second set of 10 quotes from chapter 8? (the hunt, ralph and friends figuring out what to do, the tribe coming)

Answer 21

‘the air was full of sweat and noise and blood and terror’
‘terrified squealing became a high-pitched scream’
‘hot blood spouted over his hands’
‘we’ll raid them and take fire’
‘the head is for the beast. it’s a gift’
‘the lord of the flies hung on his stick and grinned’
‘we haven’t got enough people for a fire’
‘he was vexed to find how little he thought like a grown up and sighed’
‘the island was getting worse and worse’
‘demoniac figured with faces of white and red and green rushed out howling’

Question 22

what were the last 6 quotes of chapter 8? (jack coming, the fire)

Answer 22

‘we hunt and feast and have fun. if you want to join my tribe come and see us. perhaps i’ll let you join. perhaps not’
‘he was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask’
‘jack and the two anonymous savages’
‘feeling the need for ritual’
‘the fire’s the most important thing in the island, because, because, because-‘

Question 23

what were the first 10 quotes from chapter 9? (ralph and piggy going to the feast)

Answer 23

‘the beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible’
‘all the boys on the island except piggy, ralph, simone, and the two tending the pig were grouped on the turf’
‘jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol’
‘ralph and the crowd of boys were united’
‘piggy once more was the centre of social derision so that everyone felt cheerful and normal’
‘jack rose from the long that was his throne’
‘evening had come, not with calm beauty, but with the threat of violence’
‘power lay in the brown swell of his forearms; authority sat on his shoulders and chattered in his ear’
‘ “i gave you food,” said jack, “ and my hunters will protect you from the beast. who will join my tribe?’
‘ “and i’ve got the conch-“ “you haven’t got it with you,” said jack, sneering. “you left it behind. see, clever? and the conch doesn’t count at this end of the island” ‘

Question 24

what are the last 10 quotes of chapter 9? (simon’s death)

Answer 24

‘there’s going to be trouble’
‘a circling movement developed and a chant’
‘piggy and ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take place in this demented but partly secure society’
‘now out of terror rose another desire’
‘a thing came crawling out of the forest’
‘kill the beast! cut his throat! spill his blood! do him in!’
‘it was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on a hill’
‘leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore.’
‘there were no words, and no movements, but the tearing of teeth and claws’
‘simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea’

Question 25

what are the first 11 quotes of chapter 10? (the conch, ralph and piggy talking ab simon’s death)

Answer 25

‘the fragile white conch still gleamed by the polished seat’
‘gazing with impaired sight at the chiefs seat’
‘ “that was murder” “you stop it!” ‘
‘that bloody dance. there was lightning and thunder and rain. we was scared’
‘i was- i don’t know what i was’
‘it wasn’t - what you said’
‘cradling the conch’
‘you were outside. outside the circle’
‘it was an accident’
‘he was batty. he asked for it’
‘i’m frightened. of us. i want to go home’

Question 26

what are the last 12 quotes of chapter 10? (samneric talking to ralph and piggy, jack’s tribe, stealing specs)

Answer 26

‘don’t let in we was in that dance. not to samneric’
‘ “we left early,” said piggy quickly, “because we were tired” ‘
‘he’s a proper chief, isn’t he?’
‘he’s going to beat wilfred’
‘he’s been tied for hours, waiting -‘
‘he pointed at this savage and that with his spear’
‘‘the beast might still try to come in. you remember how he crawled-‘
‘he came- disguised’
‘each savage flinched away from his own individual memory’
‘ralph tried indignantly to remember. there was something about the fire.’
‘i thought they wanted the conch’
‘from his left hand dangled piggy’s glasses’

Question 27

what were the first 10 quotes of chapter 11? (deciding what to do, going to the tribe)

Answer 27

‘we’d have given them fire if they’d asked. but they stole it.’
‘supposing we go, looking like we used to, washed and hair brushed- after all we aren’t savages really’
‘what’s grown ups goin’ to think?’
‘i got the conch. i’m going to that jack merridew an’ tell him, i am’
‘what’s right’s right.’
‘fragile and white’
‘ “well, we won’t be painted,” said ralph, “because we aren’t savages” ‘
‘the conch held carefully between his two hands’
‘savages appeared, painted out of recognition’

Question 28

what were the last 10 quotes of chapter 11? (piggy’s death)

Answer 28

‘you’re acting like a crowd of kids’
‘which is better - to have rules and agree, or hunt and kill?’
‘which is better, law and order, or hunting and breaking things up?’
‘jack had backed right up against the tribe and they were a solid mass of menace that bristled with spears’
‘the monstrous reg thing’
‘the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist’
‘with no time for even a grunt’
‘his head opened and stuff came out’
‘piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed’
‘roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority’

Question 29

what are the first 10 quotes of chapter 12? (ralph by himself then seeing samneric and hiding)

Answer 29

‘this was not bill. this was a savage whose image refused to blend with that of an ancient picture of a boy in shorts and a shirt’
‘the breaking of the conch and the deaths of simon and piggy kay over the island like a vapour’
‘the skill that gleaned as white as ever the conch had done’
‘they were savages it was true, but they were human, and the ambushing feast and the deep night were coming on’
‘never mind what’s sense. that’s gone-‘
‘they’re going to hunt you.’
‘he met the chief, or roger, who carried death in his hands’
‘there was no piggy to talk sense. there was no solemn assembly for debate nor dignity of the conch’
‘they had smoked him out and set the island on fire’
‘he shot forward, burst the thicket, was in the open, screaming, snarling, bloody’

Question 30

what were the last 10 quotes of chapter 12? (ralph running away from the other boys, naval offices)

Answer 30

‘he forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet’
‘a naval officer stood on the sand, looking down at ralph in wary astonishment’
‘a semi-circle of little boys’
‘ “what have you been doing? having a war or something?” ralph nodded.’
‘Percival Wemys Madison sought in his head for an incantation that had faded clean away’
‘ “who’s boss here?” “i am” said ralph loudly’
‘changed his mind and stood still’
‘ralph sept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of his true, wise friend called piggy’