lotf quotes

Next time

After not being able to kill the pig in early chapters, Jack is sure it will happen again

After all, we're not savages

Jack's denial of potential savage behavior and his attempt to distance himself from it.

Dog-like, ape-like, tattered shorts, flared nostrils

Descriptions of Jack when he hunts Ch3 emphasizing his primal nature.

Seductive, maddening - the promise of meat

how does jack see killing of pigs

Compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up

Jack's overwhelming urge to hunt and kill, consuming him.

I thought I might kill (Jack)

Jack's excuse when failing to kill pig

Absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things

Roger's pleasure and satisfaction in exerting power and control over others.

He noticed blood on his hands and grimaced distastefully

Early chapters when Jack is offput by murder

Am I a hunter or not? (Jack)

Jack questioning his identity and purpose as a hunter.

Man-kind's essential illness

Simon's belief that the inherent evil and darkness reside within all humans.

Robert squealed in mock terror, then in real pain

The boys' transition from playful cruelty to genuine harm and violence.

The chant rose ritually

voices previously used for church and peace, now used for hunting

The desire to squeeze and hunt was over-mastering

Ralph's struggle to resist the primal urge to hunt and kill.

The stain vanished. Another took its place

Jack as a threat being replaced with roger

I'm not going to play any longer

Jack treating murder like a game

Wedded into her lust [..] fulfilled upon her [..] → deep maternal bliss

The contrast between the primal desires and instincts of the boys vs nature

Kill the beast, cut his throat, spill his blood // Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood

The boys' chant, representing their bloodlust and desire for violence.

Sniggering of the savages became a loud decisive jeer

The transformation of the boys' laughter into a mocking and cruel expression.

Sharpened a stick at both ends

Roger's preparation of a weapon, symbolizing his readiness to inflict harm.

All them other kids

Colloquial language by Piggy, class and status

Proclaimed no devil

Ralph’s appearance

His ordinary voice sounded like a whisper after the high note of the conch

capitalism silencing minority

Ugly without silliness

Jack's physical appearance, lacking in innocence and playfulness.

I ought to be chief

Jack's desire and ambition to become the leader of the group.

He wants to know what you're going to do about the snake-thing

The littluns' fear and concern about the presence of a perceived threat and asking ralph

Together, joined in effort

Glimpse of what could’ve been if they had cooperated

Where is he now?

Piggy’s uncertainty and fear regarding the whereabouts of the boy with the mulberry-coloured birthmark.

He was angry with himself for giving way

Ralph's frustration and self-blame for prioritising being liked over being a good leader

But Piggy, for his ludicrous body, had brains

Piggy's intelligence and rationality, despite his physical appearance.

If something did get you, you useless lot of cry babies

Jack feeding into the littluns’ fear of the beast

My asthma' - the response was mechanical

Piggy making excuses by habit

Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol

Jack's transformation into a figure of worship and reverence.

Authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape

Personification of power - roger

Jack planned his new face

Jack's intention to adopt a new persona and shed his previous identity

The mask compelled them

The others intrigued by this new identity after Jack paints his face

But there was no more to come

Percival Wemys Madison forgetting his name

Use them as burning glasses. Piggy was surrounded

What was once used to see clearly is now used for survival

Piggy glanced nervously into hell and cradled the conch

Foreshadowing, Piggy and the conch

Taboo of the old life

Haunts Roger and prevents him from throwing rock

Protection of parents and school and policemen and the law

polysyndetic list why roger doesn’t kill henry

We don’t need the conch any more

Jack disregarding the symbol of civilisation

Drawing a circular pattern

Events going in a cycle over and over again (Jack)

Bollocks to the rules

Improper vocabulary, becoming more savage

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

Destruction of the conch

Demented but partly secure society

almost juxtaposition for savage societies

You’ll get back to where you came from

Simon reassuring Jack he’ll return home

Moonbeam [..] silver [..] pearls

nature welcoming Simon’s body back

Great, shuddering spasms of grief
Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart

Ralph realising destruction on the island