Jack quotes

Question 1

Quote from beginning of the novel that shows Jack has a strong desire for authority

Answer 1

“I ought to be chief,” said Jack with simple arrogance

Question 2

Quote about Jack wanting to appear older than he actually is (beginning)

Answer 2

“Kids’ names,” said Merridew. “Why should I be Jack? I’m Merridew.”

Question 3

Quote about Jack still being innocent (beginning)

Answer 3

because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.

Question 4

Quote about Jack being strong-willed (beginning)

Answer 4

This was the voice of one who knew his own mind.

Question 5

Quote about Jack being angry (beginning)

Answer 5

Out of this face stared two light blue eyes, frustrated now, and turning, or ready to turn, to anger.

Question 6

Quote about Jack abandoning his civilised morals (middle)

Answer 6

“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong–we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat–!”

Question 7

Quote about Jack’s mask (middle)

Answer 7

“He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint and could look at each of them in turn.”

Question 8

Quote about Jack loosening ties to civilistaion (middle)

Answer 8

“We don’t need the conch any more.”

Question 9

Quote about how Jack uses bullying to gain power (middle)

Answer 9

“You’re a lot of cry-babies and sissies. That’s what.”

Question 10

Quote about Jack fighting against Ralph’s leadership (middle)

Answer 10

“And you shut up! Who are you, anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can’t hunt, you can’t sing –”

Question 11

Quotes about Jack being a hunter (middle)

Answer 11

“Am I a hunter or am I not?”
“This is a hunter’s job.”
“We’ll hunt, I’m going to be chief.”
“Jack was in charge of the hunt”
“They nodded, simply. He was a hunter all right. No one doubted that.”

Question 12

Quote about Jack being violent towards Piggy (beginning)

Answer 12

This from Piggy, and the wails of agreement from some of the hunters, drove Jack to violence. The bolting look came into his blue eyes. He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy’s stomach.

Question 13

Quote about Jack having a strong, wild desire to hunt (beginning)

Answer 13

He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.

Question 14

Quote about Jack being admired (middle)

Answer 14

Then he said nothing for a time but breathed fiercely so that they were awed by him and looked at each other in uneasy admiration

Question 15

Quotes about Jack being in charge

Answer 15

Jack was in charge of the hunt
“They set off again, the hunters bunched a little by fear of the mentioned beast, while Jack quested ahead”

Question 16

Quote about Jack being an experienced hunter (middle)

Answer 16

Then he started work on the sow and paunched her, lugging out the hot bags of coloured guts, pushing them into a pile on the rock while the others watched him. He talked as he worked.

Question 17

Quote about Jack being a violent chief (end)

Answer 17

He was a chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy’s broken glasses.

Question 18

Important quote about Jack having power and authority (end)

Answer 18

“Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms: authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape. “

Question 19

Quotes about Jack’s mask (end)

Answer 19

The chief’s blush was hidden by the white and red clay.
He (Ralph) pushed his hair up and gazed at the green and black mask before him, trying to remember what Jack looked like.

Question 20

Quotes about Jack being violent towards Ralph (end)

Answer 20

Viciously, with full intention, he hurled his spear at Ralph

Question 21

Quote about Jack having power of the boys (end)

Answer 21

Jack turned to Ralph and spoke between his teeth.
“See? They do what I want.”

Question 22

Quote about Jack using the boys’ fear of the beast to maintain his power over them (end)

Answer 22

“No! How could we–kill–it?”

Question 23

Quote about Jack’s actions being wild (end)

Answer 23

Suddenly Jack bounded out from the tribe and began screaming wildly.

Question 24

Quote about Jack being threatening (end)

Answer 24

His tone conveyed a warning, given out of the pride of ownership.

Question 25

Quotes about Jack being referred to as ‘the chief (end)

Answer 25

“The chief said we got to challenge everyone.”
The chief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in white and red
“But didn’t the chief say why?”
The chief spoke to him angrily

Question 26

Quote about Jack’s tone (beginning)

Answer 26

offhand authority in Merridew’s voice