LORD OF THE FLIES Quotations Flashcards
(48 cards)
1
Q
Long scar…
A
smashed into the jungle
2
Q
Perhaps there aren’t any…
A
grown ups
3
Q
So long as they don’t…
A
call me what they used to in school
4
Q
He’s a commander…
A
in the Navy
5
Q
We’ll have…
A
rules!
6
Q
Mulberry coloured…
A
birthmark
7
Q
But there isn’t…
A
a beast.
8
Q
HIs specs - use them…
A
as burning glasses!
9
Q
Don’t you want…
A
to be rescued?
10
Q
The mask…
A
compelled them
11
Q
We could make…
A
a sundial
12
Q
They let…
A
the bloody fire out
13
Q
Kill the pig,…
A
cut her throat, spill her blood
14
Q
What are we? …
A
Humans or animals or savages?
15
Q
Bollocks…
A
to the rules
16
Q
What a place…
A
for a fort
17
Q
You could get someone…
A
to dress up as a pig
18
Q
The ruin…
A
of a face
19
Q
Sharpen…
A
a stick at both ends
20
Q
Fancy thinking the…
A
beast was something you could hunt and kill
21
Q
I wish we could…
A
go home
22
Q
Who’ll join…
A
my tribe
23
Q
We’ll have to have…
A
hands up like at school
24
Q
- “Long scar smashed into the jungle”
A
anthropomorphic imagery, damage done by crash
25
2."Perhaps there aren't any grown ups"
excitement and thrill of freedom from the rules
26
3."So long as they don't call me what they used to in school"
Piggy shows his vulnerability, this juxtaposes with his value to the group in terms of his glasses
27
4. "He's a commander in the navy"
Absence of a Dad, he begins to boast about him maybe to Piggy who lives with his Auntie, Ralph has a strong belief of British values and faith in being rescued
28
5. "We'll have rules!"
Piggy likes order, power he didn't have before
29
6. "Mulberry coloured birthmark"
Another outsider, he looks unusual, probably dies in fire although nobody notices he's gone. This shows the uncaring nature of the boys that will become more evident as the novel goes on
30
7. "But there isn't a beast"
Ralph begins to reassure the boys, the beast within can be projected onto different objects
31
8. "His specs- use them as burning glasses"
Jack suggests using Piggy's vulnerability to help others, but he's never respected for that.
32
9. "Don't you want to be rescued"
Ralph begins to question Jack's motivation
33
10. "The mask compelled them"
Change in Jack's appearance makes him tribal and savage, giving him a different type of power to the power he had over the choir
34
11. "We could make a sundial"
Piggy's sensible suggestion is ignored, making him even more of an outsider
35
12. "They let the bloody fire out"
Taboo language shows Jack's frustration
36
13. "Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood"
Dark sexual imagery, repeated chant of the hunters
37
14. "What are we? Humans, animals or savages?"
Piggy speaks out
38
15. "Bollocks to the rules"
Jack's outburst, more taboo language shows how the boys are becoming less like the typical British schoolboys as time goes on
39
16. "What a place for a fort"
Jack finds castle rock- symbolic of the divided tribes. There is a sense of order and superiority here as Jack gets a 'castle' and Ralph and Piggy only get the beach
40
17. "You could get someone to dress up as a pig"
Structurally significant, the pig killing has become a ritual
41
18. "The ruin of a face"
Simon finally sees 'the beast'
42
19. "Sharpen a stick at both ends"
Denouement of the novel, Roger intends to Ralph
43
20. "Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill"
Mocking voice of the Lord of the Flies, becomes a sort of strict teacher in Simon's hallucination
44
21. "I wish we could go home"
Ralph and Piggy are left alone after Sam n Eric join the hunters
45
22. "Who'll join my tribe"
Jack aggressively begins to recruit new members
46
23. "Ralph wept for the end of innocence"
No longer an innocent child (link to Golding and his shock of the evil in WW2)
47
24. "Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life"
The boys physical appearance has changed ('painted faces and long hair') but there is still a part of their old life stuck in them
48
25. "British boys would've been able to put up a better show"
The Captain is disappointed, they've let down British values and instead become tribal and savage
