Key Quote Lord Of The Flies Flashcards
Ralph
Chapter 10
“I’m frightened. Of us.” - Ralph
Piggy
Chapter 5
What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?” - Piggy
Piggy
“Which is better - to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?” - Piggy
Jack
Chapter 2
We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things.” - Jack
Golding
Chapter 5
“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away”
Golding
Chapter 10
The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.”
The boys
Chapter 7
“Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!” - The boys
The officer
Chapter 13
“I should have thought that a pack of British boys - you’re all British, aren’t you? - would have been able to put up a better show than that” - The officer
Ralph
This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.”
Piggy
“We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They’ll come when they hear us—.”
Ralph
“What was the sensible thing to do? There was no Piggy to talk sense. There was no solemn assembly for debate nor dignity of the conch.”
The Lord of the flies
Chapter 8
Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!” “You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?” - The Lord of the Flies
