Lord of the Flies Quotations

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Created on: 05-05-18 10:37

Jack - Beginning - Arrogance

'"I ought to be chief", said Jack with a simple arrogance, "because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp"'

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Simon - Beginning - Timid

'Now that the pallor of his faint was over, he was skinny, vivid little boy with a glance coming up from under a hut of straight hair'

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Piggy - Beginning - Sensibility/Logical thinking

' "I'll expect we'll want to know all their names", said the fat boy, "and make a list. We ought to have a meeting" '

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Samneric - Beginning - Single entity

'They breathed together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital'

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Roger - Beginning - Shy

'There was slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, kept to himself with an inner intensity of secrecy and avoidance'

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Ralph - Beginning - Naivety (Conch w/heavenly connotations)

'Something creamy lay among the ferny weeds. "A stone", "No, a shell" '

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Ralph - Middle - Curt

'Simon was still silent. Ralph said curtly, "You're batty" '

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Ralph - Middle - Brave

"I'm chief, I'll go" and "Well. So long"

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Roger - Middle - Evil

'Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry - threw to miss'

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Simon - Middle - Omnicient

'Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's illness'

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Piggy - Middle - Struggle, subservience

'Piggy, finding himself uncomfortably embroiled, slid the conch to Ralph;s knees and sat down'

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Samneric - Middle - Timid

'The twins moved towards Jack and began to protest timidly about something. Jack waved them away'

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Jack - Middle - Sinister

' "I cut the pig's throat" said Jack proudly, and yet twitched as he said it'

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Jack - Middle - Animalistic

'He looked round, furtively'

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Ralph - End - Assertive

'You're a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief'

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Piggy - End - Hopeful

' "Blow the conch" said Piggy. "Blow as loud as you can" '

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Samneric - End - Informers

'They hate you Ralph. They're going to do you'

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Jack - End - Sly

'See! See! That's what you'll get. I meant that'

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Card 2

Front

'Now that the pallor of his faint was over, he was skinny, vivid little boy with a glance coming up from under a hut of straight hair'

Back

Simon - Beginning - Timid

Card 3

Front

' "I'll expect we'll want to know all their names", said the fat boy, "and make a list. We ought to have a meeting" '

Back

Card 4

Front

'They breathed together, they grinned together, they were chunky and vital'

Back

Card 5

Front

'There was slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, kept to himself with an inner intensity of secrecy and avoidance'

Back

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