Lord of the Flies
Important quotes, events
Ralph
1) “boy with fair hair”
2) “mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclamined no devil”
3) “a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch”
4) “all day I’ve been working with Simon. No one else.”
5) “the best thing we can do is to get ourselves rescued” -> PRIORITY
6) Ralph was a “specialist in thought” – “I cant think. Not like Piggy”
7) “The assembly shredded away”
8) “I ought to give up being chief”
9) “Someone’s got to look after” the littleuns.
10) “The blood was hot in his cheeks” “Sit down.”
11) “The desire to squeeze and hunt was over-mastering”
12) “Why do you hate me?”
13) “I don’t mind” -> “cool and casual’ voice (manages Jack’s resentment towards him)
Piggy
1) “this is an island”
2) “a conch; ever so expensive.”
3) “he kind of spat” (conch)
4) “Life is scientific”
5) ‘Suppose the beast comes when you’re all away”
Conch
1) “something creamy”
2) “ill give the conch to the next right person to speak”
Choir
1) Bodies “hidden by black cloaks” -> dictatorship
Jack
1) “tall, thin, and bony”
2) “his face was crumpled and freckled and ugly without silliness.”
3) Addressed as “Merridew”
4) “I ought to be chief,” “because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp”
5) “he snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk”
6) “we’ll have rules!” “then when anyone breaks ‘em-“
7) “Jack who was smirking and showing that he too knew how to clap” -> mocking ralph and those who believe that rescue was possible
8) “His specs- use them as burning glasses!”
9) “we’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are the best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things.”
10) “he was down like a sprinter, his nose only a few inches from the humid earth”
11) “dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours yet
Ralph
1) “boy with fair hair”
2) “mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclamined no devil”
3) “a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch”
4) “all day I’ve been working with Simon. No one else.”
5) “the best thing we can do is to get ourselves rescued” -> PRIORITY
6) Ralph was a “specialist in thought” – “I cant think. Not like Piggy”
7) “The assembly shredded away”
8) “I ought to give up being chief”
9) “Someone’s got to look after” the littleuns.
10) “The blood was hot in his cheeks” “Sit down.”
11) “The desire to squeeze and hunt was over-mastering”
12) “Why do you hate me?”
13) “I don’t mind” -> “cool and casual’ voice (manages Jack’s resentment towards him)
Piggy
1) “this is an island”
2) “a conch; ever so expensive.”
3) “he kind of spat” (conch)
4) “Life is scientific”
5) ‘Suppose the beast comes when you’re all away”
Conch
1) “something creamy”
2) “ill give the conch to the next right person to speak”
Choir
1) Bodies “hidden by black cloaks” -> dictatorship
Jack
1) “tall, thin, and bony”
2) “his face was crumpled and freckled and ugly without silliness.”
3) Addressed as “Merridew”
4) “I ought to be chief,” “because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp”
5) “he snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk”
6) “we’ll have rules!” “then when anyone breaks ‘em-“
7) “Jack who was smirking and showing that he too knew how to clap” -> mocking ralph and those who believe that rescue was possible
8) “His specs- use them as burning glasses!”
9) “we’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are the best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things.”
10) “he was down like a sprinter, his nose only a few inches from the humid earth”
11) “dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours yet