Quotes LoF

Piggy

'Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back'

Simon

'Maybe there is a beast… Maybe it's only us.'

Roger

'Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.'

The beast

'What I mean is, maybe it's only us'

Civilisation VS savagery

'Ralph wept for the end of innocence'

Power and leadership

'You voted me chief now you do as I say'

Games

' "fun and games" said the officer'

Group dynamics - Piggy's comment

'Like a crowd of kids'

Group dynamics - Piggy on Jack

'You and your blood jack merridew'

Simon's death

'Simon's dead body moved out towards the open sea'

Simon's death

'Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill'

Violence

'Flung stones between the twins

Violence

'Right up her ass!'

Violence

'War paint'

Ralph on Piggy

'He's not fatty. He's piggy!'

Ralph

'I can't think, not like piggy.

Piggy

'Ass-mar'

Piggy

'Piggy wilted'

Piggy

'You let me speak!'

Piggy

'Because what's rights, right'

Piggy

'It was an accident '

Piggy

'Specs'

The beast

'I expect the beast disguises itself'

The beast

' beastie'

Jack on the beast

'My hunters will protect you from the beast'

Civilisation VS savagery

'Which is better- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?'

Civilisation VS savagery

'The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist'

Group dynamics - Ralph on the Beast

'I tell you, there isn't a beast!'

Conch Shell

Symbolic Meaning Authority,Leadership,Order

Examples from the text Ralph Piggy example page 33 rule of the conch is established pg 101-103 Jack says that they don't need the conch the shell and everyone should know when to talk or not.

Piggy's Specs

Symbolic Meaning Technology Intellectualism Examples from the text Page 40 to use Piggy's glasses to start a signal fire. Page 71-72 Jack punches Piggy and his glasses fall off and break Piggy's Specs being broken symbolizes a diminishing hope of being rescued.

Signal fire

Symbolic meaning Hope Civilization Examples from the text Ralph Page 38 Idea of starting a fire so they can become rescued Page 66-67 Fire goes out and there is a ship that passed them Because Jack was hunting and no chance of being rescued 139-130 The boys need to move the fire away from the beast to lesson the chances of being rescued

The Beach

Safety,Openness,Communication

Forest/Jungle

Darkness of man Chaos

The Beast/Snake Thing

Fear basic evil Chapter 2 The Little ones Chapter 6 Little ones Page 35-36 Mulberry Birthmark and Boy mentions idea of the Beast Pg 95-101 Sam and Eric see the "Beast" On the mountain and rush to tell everyone what they saw. pg.103 Simon Doesn't believe in the beast and he thinks it is possibly a human

The Lord of the flies

Pg 143-144 The lord of the flies head on a pig's head on a stick and tells him to become bad and have fun. The lord of the flies speaks to Simon and tells him to be bad and have fun