Lord of the flies - Chapter 11 quotes

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Chapter 11 quotes - Castle Rock

Ralph, Piggy and Samneric visit the tribe - Samneric are tied up and Ralph and Jack fight - Piggy's speech, he dies and Samneric are forced to join the tribe and Ralph runs away.

"Roger's dark face" - Darkness is bad in this book and is now being associated with Roger

"'Halt! Who goes there?'" - The boys are acting like soldiers and Golding is now associating soldiers and savages together - this is what he thinks of soldiers

"Piggy still holding out the talisman, the fragile shining beauty of the shell" - Talisman's give good luck

"grunt" "like a pig" - When Piggy dies he's referred to as a pig

"stuff came out" - Once Piggy has died all scientific knowledge leaves the island - before it woudl have been called blood or brain matter - now it's just stuff 

Piggy's death is completely different to Simon's - it's completely unemotional whereas when Simon dies it's full of beauty and nature 

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Chapter 11 quotes - Castle Rock

Notice that Piggy and the conch die at the same time because they represent the same things

The sea is referred to as a monster when Piggy dies but when Simon dies it "dresses" his body and carefull takes him into the sea

The sea is personfied when Piggy dies because it "breathes" this is significant

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