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English Literature : Lord of the Flies > Jack Merridew > Flashcards

Jack Merridew Flashcards

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initially, jack is presented… (ch.1)

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through his authority over the choir boys and superiority

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finish the quote: ‘the boy who…

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…controlled them’

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‘the boy who controlled them’

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  • first description of jack - presented immediately as a leader
  • dictator figure
  • power hungry
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finish the quote: ‘he shouted an order and they…

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….halted, gasping, sweating, swaying’

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‘he shouted an order and they halted, gasping, sweating, swaying’

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  • ‘shouted’ and ‘order’ - hints at militaristic behaviour Jack is exhibiting at first impression
  • non-finite verbs show the choir fears him
  • denotes jack as a tyrannical leader
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start the quote: …daring them to contradict’

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‘he looked around fiercely…

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‘he looked around fiercely, daring them to contradict’

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  • wants people to fear him (tyrannical)
  • domineering and controlling
  • likes to be superior and in power - an egomaniac
  • hints of violence
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initially, jack is presented… (ch.1,3 and 4)

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through appearance

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finish the quote: ‘his cap badge…

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…was golden’

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‘his cap badge was golden’

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  • presented as superior in the hierarchy
  • higher class than other boys
  • ‘gold’ - high rank - powerful before he even set foot on the island
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start the quote: …and ugly without silliness’

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‘his face was crumpled and freckled…

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‘his face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness’

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  • jack described as the contrast of ralph
  • instead of being handsome with fair hair, he’s ugly with a crumpled face and freckles
  • used to reflect his ugly nature
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finish the quote: ‘except for a pair of tattered shorts held up…

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…by his knife belt he was naked’

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‘except for a pair of tattered shorts held up by his knife belt he was naked’

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  • the clean, formal appearance of jack and his uniform as head of the choir has been replaced with a disturbingly savage, almost animalistic appearance
  • belt isn’t part of uniform anymore, but a tool to help him with his violent, destructive hunting
  • losing his old public-schoolboy identity
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finish the quote: ‘ he looked in astonishment…

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….no longer at himself, but at an awesome stranger’

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‘he looked in astonishment, no longer at himself, but at an awesome stranger’

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-‘dazzle paint’ ‘like in the war’
- losing his identity further and further
- no longer restricted by humanity - feel at liberty of doing whatever he wants without taking responsibility

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initially, jack is presented.. (ch.1+2)

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through his ambition for power

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finish the quote: ‘“I ought to be chief” said jack with simple arrogance….

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“because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp”’

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“I ought to be chief”, said jack with simple arrogance, “because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp”

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  • presented as an egomaniac
  • seeks power, not leadership like ralph
  • doesn’t care about group’s opinions
  • brings up useless skills to impress others and prove he’s superior and better than the others
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finish the quote: ‘jack’s face…

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…disappeared under a blush of mortification’

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‘jack’s face disappeared under a blush of mortification’

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  • jealous at ralph’s authority
  • embarrassed he didn’t get elected as chief
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finish the quote: ‘if there was a snake..

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…we’d hunt it and kill it’

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

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  • manipulates the boys’ fear and uses it to his advantage to increase his power and the need for him
  • uses the fear of the beast to control them
  • like Hitler with communism
  • political allegory
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over the course of the novel, jack is presented…

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…as a bully/mean

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finish the quote: ‘a lot of…
(ch.5)

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…cry-babies and sissies’

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start the quote: …you useless lot of cry-babies!’

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‘serve you right if something did get you…

27
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finish the quote: ‘contempt..

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….in his voice’

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finish the quote: ‘shrank away…

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…defenceless’

29
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finish the quote: ‘you shut up…

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…you fat slug!’

30
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over the course of the novel, jack is presented…
(ch.5,6,8+8)

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as undermining ralph’s authority

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finish the quote: ‘you can’t hunt…

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…you can’t sing’

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‘you can’t hunt, you can’t sing’

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  • questioning ralph’s authority
  • egomaniac - thinks that he is the ideal leader
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finish the quote: ‘the supreme sting..

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…the casual bitter word’

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‘the supreme sting, the casual bitter word’

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  • power struggle
  • jack undermining ralph’s power
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finish the quote: ‘he just gives orders…

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…and expects people to obey for nothing’

36
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throughout the course of the novel, jack is presented..
(ch.5,6,7+8)

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…through his rejection of civilisation and democracy

37
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finish the quote: ‘bollocks..

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…to the rules!’

38
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‘bollocks to the rules’

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  • presented as savage
  • lost civilisation
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finish the quote: ‘it’s time people knew they’ve got to…

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…keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us’

40
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finish the quote: ‘we don’t…

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…need the conch anymore’

41
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finish the quote: ‘remained..

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…standing’

42
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finish the quote: ‘he laid the conch with great care…

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….in the grass at his feet’

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‘he laid the conch with great care in the grass at his feet’

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  • after trying to gain power through democracy - ‘hands up’, he rejects democracy, law and order and isn’t ‘going to play any longer’
  • moves onto dictatorship and savagery to gain power
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finish the quote: ‘wore the damp darkness of the forest…

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….like his old clothes’

45
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‘wore the damp darkness of the forest like his old clothes’

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  • simile
  • replaced civilisation with savagery
46
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throughout the course of the novel, jack is presented…
(ch.8)

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through his growing sadism when killing the mother sow

47
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finish the quote: ‘wedded to her…

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..in lust’

48
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finish the quote: ‘hurled..

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..themselves at her’

49
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finish the quote: ‘stabbing…

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…downward with his knife’

50
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finish the quote: ‘he giggled and flicked them..

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…while the boys laughed at his reeking palms’

51
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finish the quote: ‘the boys…

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…cried with laughter’

52
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throughout the end of the novel, jack is presented…
(ch.11,12)

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through Goldings’ use of the phrase ‘the chief’ instead of jack’s name by the end of chapter 11

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‘the chief’

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  • has completely lost his old identity as jack merridew, choirboy and is now a nameless chief of a tribe of nameless savages
54
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throughout the end of the novel, jack is presented..
(chapter 11,12)

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  • through the setting of castle rock - ‘high above’
55
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finish the quote: ‘a log had been jammed under the..

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…topmost rock and another lever under that’

56
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throughout the end of the novel, jack is presented..
(ch.11+12)

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as merciless through the deliberate death of piggy and through his abuse of power

57
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finish the quote: ‘they do..

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…what I want’

58
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finish the quote: ‘I meant…

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…that!’

59
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finish the quote: ‘viciously, with full intention…

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…he hurled his spear at ralph’

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