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Quotations – Characters
Ralph
Chapter 1
o “The boy with fair hair” – C1
o “like the Home Counties” – C1
Chapter 2
o “But there isn’t a beast!” – C2
o Repetition emphasises Ralph’s certainty
o [Ralph] “ ‘You couldn’t have a beastie, a snake-thing, on an island this size … You only get them in big countries,
like Africa, or India.” – C2
o Ironic (Africa is not a country) – reminds us that they boys are still young
Chapter 7
o “He pulled distastefully at his grey shirt and wondered whether he might undertake the adventure of washing it” –
C7
o “he flung the foolish wooden stick … saw it hit the great snout.” – C7
o foolish - illustrates the futility of hunting
o “full of fright and apprehension and pride.” – C7
o Conflicting emotions emphasises confusion
o “He sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was good after all” – C7
o “Ralph too was fighting to get near … The desire to squeeze and hurt was over mastering” – C7
o Metaphor - desire and over mastering imply he is no longer thinking for logically
o “Ralph, carried away … grabbed Eric’s spear and jabbed at Robert with it” – C7
o [To Jack] “Why do you hate me?” – C7
Chapter 8
o [Jack] “He’s like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief.” – C8
o [Jack] “He’s a coward himself” – C8
Chapter 10
o [About Simon’s Death] “That was murder.” – C10
o Blunt – contrasts with Piggy’s reaction
o “Desperately, Ralph prayed that the beast would prefer littluns. “
Chapter 11
o [to Jack] “You came sneaking up like a thief and stole Piggy’s glasses!” – C11
o Simile – reflects Jack’s cruel nature
o [to Jack] “You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!” – C11
o Childlike insults; Jack compared to a beast – he has become the true beast
• “Percival Wemys Madison. The Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, Hants, telephone, telephone, tele-” – C5
• [Percival] “I’m, I’m –” – C12
o Gradually forgotten the address (loosing morality)
Maurice
Chapter 4
• “Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand.” – C4
• “still felt the unease of wrong-doing” – C4
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Quotations – Characters
Piggy
Chapter 1-2
o “I can’t hardly move” – C1
o Improper English informs reader of a lower class status
o “He was shorter [than Ralph] and very fat” – C1
o “looked up through thick spectacles” – C1
o “Nobody don’t know we’re here” – C1
o “we’ll want to know all their names … we ought to have a meeting” – C1
o “Acting like a crowd of kids” – C2
o Piggy is wiser and more mature
Chapter 8
o “Piggy was so full of delight and expanding liberty in Jack’s departure.” – C8
Chapter 10
o “You stop it!” said Piggy, shrilly. “What good’re you doing talking like that?”
o “It was an accident,” said Piggy stubbornly, “and that’s that.”
Chapter 11-12
• “I got the conch. I’m going to that Jack Merridew an’ tell him, I am.”
• “I don’t ask you to be a sport, I’ll say, not because you’re strong, but because what’s right’s right. Give me my
glasses, I’m going to say—you got to!” – C11
o “Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?” – C11
o Piggy understands what is important, stressed by juxtaposition
o “His brain opened and stuff came out.” – C11
o Symbolises intelligence being lost
o “the true, wise friend called Piggy.” – C12
Roger
Chapter 1
• “inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy” – C1
o Mysterious introduction to Roger
Chapter 4
• “kicking them (the sandcastles) over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones.” – C4
• “there was a space round Henry … into which he dared not throw” – C4
• “Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life … the protection of parents and school and
policemen and the law.” – C4
o Conflicting emotions – attached to civilization, but tempted by savagery
• “conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in ruins” – C4
o Juxtaposition of civilisation and ruins
Chapter 11-12
• “Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment leaned all his weight on the lever” – C11
• “Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority” – C11
• “Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.” – C12
o Ominous message; implies Roger is ready to stake Ralph’s head with a stick
Quotations – Characters
Ralph
Chapter 1
o “The boy with fair hair” – C1
o “like the Home Counties” – C1
Chapter 2
o “But there isn’t a beast!” – C2
o Repetition emphasises Ralph’s certainty
o [Ralph] “ ‘You couldn’t have a beastie, a snake-thing, on an island this size … You only get them in big countries,
like Africa, or India.” – C2
o Ironic (Africa is not a country) – reminds us that they boys are still young
Chapter 7
o “He pulled distastefully at his grey shirt and wondered whether he might undertake the adventure of washing it” –
C7
o “he flung the foolish wooden stick … saw it hit the great snout.” – C7
o foolish - illustrates the futility of hunting
o “full of fright and apprehension and pride.” – C7
o Conflicting emotions emphasises confusion
o “He sunned himself in their new respect and felt that hunting was good after all” – C7
o “Ralph too was fighting to get near … The desire to squeeze and hurt was over mastering” – C7
o Metaphor - desire and over mastering imply he is no longer thinking for logically
o “Ralph, carried away … grabbed Eric’s spear and jabbed at Robert with it” – C7
o [To Jack] “Why do you hate me?” – C7
Chapter 8
o [Jack] “He’s like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief.” – C8
o [Jack] “He’s a coward himself” – C8
Chapter 10
o [About Simon’s Death] “That was murder.” – C10
o Blunt – contrasts with Piggy’s reaction
o “Desperately, Ralph prayed that the beast would prefer littluns. “
Chapter 11
o [to Jack] “You came sneaking up like a thief and stole Piggy’s glasses!” – C11
o Simile – reflects Jack’s cruel nature
o [to Jack] “You’re a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!” – C11
o Childlike insults; Jack compared to a beast – he has become the true beast
• “Percival Wemys Madison. The Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, Hants, telephone, telephone, tele-” – C5
• [Percival] “I’m, I’m –” – C12
o Gradually forgotten the address (loosing morality)
Maurice
Chapter 4
• “Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand.” – C4
• “still felt the unease of wrong-doing” – C4
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Quotations – Characters
Piggy
Chapter 1-2
o “I can’t hardly move” – C1
o Improper English informs reader of a lower class status
o “He was shorter [than Ralph] and very fat” – C1
o “looked up through thick spectacles” – C1
o “Nobody don’t know we’re here” – C1
o “we’ll want to know all their names … we ought to have a meeting” – C1
o “Acting like a crowd of kids” – C2
o Piggy is wiser and more mature
Chapter 8
o “Piggy was so full of delight and expanding liberty in Jack’s departure.” – C8
Chapter 10
o “You stop it!” said Piggy, shrilly. “What good’re you doing talking like that?”
o “It was an accident,” said Piggy stubbornly, “and that’s that.”
Chapter 11-12
• “I got the conch. I’m going to that Jack Merridew an’ tell him, I am.”
• “I don’t ask you to be a sport, I’ll say, not because you’re strong, but because what’s right’s right. Give me my
glasses, I’m going to say—you got to!” – C11
o “Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?” – C11
o Piggy understands what is important, stressed by juxtaposition
o “His brain opened and stuff came out.” – C11
o Symbolises intelligence being lost
o “the true, wise friend called Piggy.” – C12
Roger
Chapter 1
• “inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy” – C1
o Mysterious introduction to Roger
Chapter 4
• “kicking them (the sandcastles) over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones.” – C4
• “there was a space round Henry … into which he dared not throw” – C4
• “Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life … the protection of parents and school and
policemen and the law.” – C4
o Conflicting emotions – attached to civilization, but tempted by savagery
• “conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in ruins” – C4
o Juxtaposition of civilisation and ruins
Chapter 11-12
• “Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment leaned all his weight on the lever” – C11
• “Roger advanced upon them as one wielding a nameless authority” – C11
• “Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.” – C12
o Ominous message; implies Roger is ready to stake Ralph’s head with a stick
