Lord of the Flies quotes Flashcards
(27 cards)
“We’ll have to…”
“We’ll have to have a ‘hands-up’, like at school” Ralph Ch2
“Kill the pig …”
“Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood” Savages Ch4
“At once, the crowd…”
“At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt onto the Beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore” Narrator Ch9
“The mask was…”
“The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness” Narrator Ch4
“The rock struck Piggy…”
“The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist” Narrator Ch11
“The creature was…”
“The creature was a party of boys” Narrator Ch1
“What I mean is…”
“What I mean is … maybe it’s only us” Simon Ch5
“Roger stooped…”
“Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry - threw it to miss” Narrator Ch4
“Ralph wept…”
“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy” Narrator Ch12
“Simon found…”
“Simon found for them the fruit they could not reach” Narrator Ch3
“He’s queer…”
“He’s queer, he’s funny” Ralph Ch3
“We’ve got to have rules…”
“We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages” Jack Ch2
“We’ll have rules…”
“We’ll have rules! … Lots of rules! Then, when anyone breaks ‘em - …” Jack Ch2
“Which is better…”
“Which is better - to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?” Piggy Ch11
“Bollocks…”
“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong - we hunt!” Jack Ch5
“I’m frightened…”
“I’m frightened myself, sometimes, only that’s nonsense!” Ralph Ch5
“Who’s clever now…”
“Who’s clever now? Where are your shelters?” Ralph Ch9
“We were…”
“We were together then” Ralph Ch12
“I can’t hardly…”
“I can’t hardly move with all these creeper things” Piggy Ch1
“Nobody don’t know…”
“Nobody don’t know we’re here” Piggy Ch1
“We never done…”
“We never done nothing, we never seen nothing” Piggy Ch10
“Shut up…”
“Shut up, Fatty” Jack Ch1
“I don’t know…”
“I don’t know what [the Beast] does. We don’t even know what it is” Jack Ch8
“There isn’t a tribe…”
“There isn’t a tribe for you any more! The conch is gone!” Jack Ch11
