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English Literature : Lord of the Flies > Power > Flashcards

Power Flashcards

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initially, power is presented…
(ch.1)

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through humanity’s destruction of the natural world and power over nature

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finish the quote: ‘all round him the long….

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….scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat’

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finish the quote: ‘torn everywhere by…

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…the upheavals of fallen trees’

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finish the quote: ‘he snatched his knife…

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…out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk’

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finish the quotation : ‘tried to control…

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…the motions of the scavengers’

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finish the quotation: ‘he felt himself exercising…

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…control over living things’

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initially, power is presented…
(ch.1)

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as democratic

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finish the quote: ‘let’s have…

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…a vote’

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finish the quote: ‘what do you…

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…want them to be?’

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initially, power is presented…
(ch.1)

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through ralph’s leadership qualities

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finish the quote: ‘let him be chief…

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…with the trumpet thing’

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finish the quote: ‘there was his size…

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…and attractive appearance’

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finish the quote: ‘ralph raised…

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…a hand for silence’

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finish the quote: ‘the assembly was lifted…

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..toward safety by his words’

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finish the quote: ‘they liked…

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…and now respected him’

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initially, power is presented…
(ch.1)

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through jack’s desire for power

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finish the quote: ‘he snatched his knife out of the sheath…

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….and slammed it into a tree trunk’

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18
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finish the quote: ‘he looked round…

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…fiercely, daring them to contradict’

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19
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finish the quote: ‘because i’m…

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…chapter chorister and head boy’

20
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finish the quote: ‘but if there was a snake…

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…we’d hunt it and kill it’

21
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‘but if there was a snake we’d hunt it and kill it’

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  • manipulates boys’ fear and uses it to his advantage and to increase his power and the need for him
  • political allegory
  • similar to that of world war 2- hitler - created fear of communism
22
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throughout the course of the novel, power is presented…
(ch.9)

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through simon’s interaction with the lord of the flies

23
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finish the quote: ‘simon’s mouth laboured…

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…brought forth audible words’

24
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finish the quote: ‘fancy thinking the…

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…Beast was something you could hunt and kill!’

25
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‘simon’s mouth laboured, brought forth audible words’
‘fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!’

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  • simon ‘laboured’ -> extreme difficulty in trying to argue with the lord of the flies, emphasising the struggle in resisting the beast and the beast’s power over mankind
  • simon ‘laboured, brought forth’ -> great effort, however ‘fancy’ belittles him with a sarcastic, patronising tone -> showcasing how mankind is powerless against evil
26
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throughout the course of the novel, power is presented…
(ch.8)

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through roger

27
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finish the quote: ‘roger ran around the heap…

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…prodding with his spear whenever pigflesh appeared’

28
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finish the quote: ‘roger found a lodgement for his point…

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…and began to push till he was leaning with his whole weight’

29
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throughout the course of the novel, power is presented…

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through conflict

30
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finish the quotation: ‘the supreme sting…

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…the casual, bitter word’

31
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finish the quotation: ‘ralph heard…

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…the mockery and hated jack’

32
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‘the supreme sting, the casual, bitter word’
‘ralph heard the mockery and hated jack’

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  • power struggle
  • none of them want to look like cowards
  • fighting for power
33
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throughout the end of the novel, power is presented…
(ch.9)

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as a dictatorship

34
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finish the quote: ‘jack, painted…

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…and garlanded, sat there like an idol’

35
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‘jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol’

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  • as if he is a king on a throne
  • worshipping him
36
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finish the quote: ‘there were piles of meat…

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…on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coconut shells full of drink’

37
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finish the quote: ‘jack stood up…

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…and waved his spear’

38
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finish the quote: ‘give me a drink’

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  • imperative
  • abusing power
39
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‘there were piles of meat on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coconut shells full of drink’

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  • ordering the boys around
  • treated like a king
  • abusing his power
  • promises food, fun and protection from the beast to get them to join his tribe -> like hitler -> took advantage of post-depression conditions and promised ‘work and bread’
40
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throughout the end of the novel, power is presented..
(ch.11)

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through violence

41
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finish the quote : ‘roger took up a…

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…small stone and flung it….. aiming to miss’

42
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finish the quote: ‘sam only just kept his…

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…footing. some source of power began to pulse in roger’s body’

43
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finish the quote: ‘jack made a rush…

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…and stabbed at ralph’s chest with his spear’

44
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finish the quote: ‘his one hand still…

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…on the lever’

45
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finish the quote: ‘below him, ralph was a shock of hair…

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…and piggy a bag of fat’

46
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finish the quote: ‘the conch exploded…

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…into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist’

47
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‘the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist’

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  • ralph’s power lost
  • conch was one of the main reasons he was elected
  • now it is broken
  • end of democracy + into dictatorship

English Literature : Lord of the Flies (31 decks)

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