{"id":176,"date":"2014-01-08T21:48:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T20:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/HomeoftheBrave\/?p=176"},"modified":"2016-01-11T16:43:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T15:43:57","slug":"lord-of-the-flies-by-william-golding-quotes-and-chapter-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/HomeoftheBrave\/2014\/01\/08\/lord-of-the-flies-by-william-golding-quotes-and-chapter-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord of the Flies by William Golding &#8211; quotes and chapter summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alot of the following quotes can be used for various essay questions. It would make sense to go through them and copy out the ones you think are most suited to what you want to write. Try and prepare an essay plan for a good character, a bad character, a theme (civilisation vs. savagery, innocence vs. evil, the abuse of power, etc) and use of setting.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><em><strong>Piggy<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">plump\u201d, \t\u201cshorter\u201d, \u201cvery fat\u201d, \u201cthick spectacles\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Ralph \t\u201cshrieked with laughter\u201d at his nickname<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">what \tintelligence had been shown was traceable to Piggy\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Piggy \tcried out in terror, \u2018my specs\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">only \tPiggy could have the intellectual daring to suggest moving the fire \taway from the mountain\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">because \twhat\u2019s right is right\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><em><strong>Ralph<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">perhaps \tthere aren\u2019t any grown-ups anywhere\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">a \tmildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil\u2026might \tmake a boxer\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">His \tanger at the fire watchers for hunting &#8211; \u201chis voice was loud and \tsavage, and struck them into silence.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">After \tcalling an assembly after the first kill \u2013 \u201cI\u2019m calling an \tassembly\u2019 he turned away and walked off down the mountain\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">he \twas overcome with the wearisomeness of this life, where every path \twas an improvisation and a considerable part of one\u2019s waking life \twas spent watching ones feet.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Ralph \tstarts to lose it after Jack leaves \u2013 \u201cRalph was puzzled by the \tshutter that flickered in his brain\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">On \twhat happened to Simon \u2013 \u201cthat was Simon\u2026that was murder\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Are \twe savages or what?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><em><strong>Jack<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">the \tboy who controlled them\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">tall, \tthin and bony; and his hair was red\u2026his face crumpled and \tfreckled, and ugly without silliness. Out of his face stared two \tlight blue eyes\u2026ready to turn to anger\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">He \thadn\u2019t: because of the enormity of the knife descending and \tcutting into living flesh\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">compulsion \tto track down and kill things that was swallowing him up<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">the \tmadness came into his eyes\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">After \tattacking Piggy and being told off \u2013 \u201chis voice was vicious with \thumiliation\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Whilst \tpretending Roger is a pig \u201c Jack had him by the hair and was \tbrandishing a knife\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Suggesting \twhat to cook on the fire &#8211; \u201cuse a littlun\u201d said jack, and \teverybody laughed\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Jack \tspeaking to Ralph about going u the mountain &#8211; \u201cComing?\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">He \twas safe from the shame of self-consciousness behind the mask of his \tpaint and could look at each of them in turn\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">At \tthe feast Jack speaks as though he is generous but really he is \tstamping his authority &#8211; \u201chas everyone eaten as much as they \twant?\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Roger \ton jack\u2019s erratic behaviour \u201cHe got angry and made us tie \tWilfren up. He\u2019s been\u2026tied for hours, waiting\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Jack \tsteals Piggy\u2019s glasses \u201cfrom his left hand dangled Piggy\u2019s \tbroken glasses\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">the \tchief was sitting there, naked to the waist, his face blocked out in \twhite and red\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><em><strong>Savagery v. civilisation\/ innocence v. evilness<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">On \tRoger\u2019s behaviour \u2013 \u201cfurtive boy\u2026[with an] inner intensity \tof avoidance and secrecy\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Ralph \t\u2013 \u201cthere aren\u2019t any grown-ups we shall have to look after \tourselves.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Piggy \tat the first fire \u2013 \u201clike a pack of kids\u201d, \u201cthat littlun \tthat had the mark on his face &#8211; where is he now?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Simon \ttakes himself away to think \u2013 \u201cwhen he was secure in the middle \the was in a little cabin\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">On \tHenry playing with the sea creatures \u201che became absorbed beyond \tmere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living \tthings\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">kill \tthe pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">On \tthe biguns arguing after the first kill \u2013 \u201cpassions beat about \tSimon\u2026with awful wings\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Ralph \t\u201cthis meeting must not be fun, but business\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Ralph \t\u2013 \u201cthe rules are the only thing we\u2019ve got\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Ralph \ton the disintegration of the rules \u2013 \u201cWe shan\u2019t keep the fire \tgoing. We\u2019ll be like animals\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Piggy \ton the rest of the boys \u201cboys armed with sticks\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">[piggy] \theld the conch against his chest with one hand and stabbed the air \twith his index finger\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Simon \tspeaking in front of the boys \u201cthe pressure of the assembly took \this voice away\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><em><strong>Symbol \u2013 the conch<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">I\u2019ll \tgive the conch to the next person to speak\u2026and he won\u2019t be \tinterrupted\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Said \tby Ralph to Jack \u201cI\u2019ve got the conch\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">supposing \twe go, looking like we used to, washed and hair brushed &#8211; after all \twe aren\u2019t savages really and being rescued isn\u2019t a game\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><em><strong>Symbol \u2013 the beast<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">snake \tthing\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">beastie\u201d, \t\u201che says the beastie came in the dark\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">then \tpeople started getting frightened\u201d by the beast<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">the \tbeast comes out of the sea\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Simon \t\u2013 \u201cMaybe it\u2019s only us\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Perhaps \tthat\u2019s what the beast is \u2013 a ghost\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">The \tparachutist\u2019s body &#8211; \u201cthe ruin of a face\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">the \tbeast had teeth\u2026big black eyes\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">this \thead is for the beast. It\u2019s a gift\u201d the silence accepted the \tgift and awed them. The lord of the Flies hung on his stick and \tgrinned\u2026[Simon\u2019s] gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable \trecognition\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">To \tSimon \u201cyou knew didn\u2019t you? I\u2019m part of you? We\u2019re going to \thave fun on this island. Understand?&#8230;or else\u2026we shall do you?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">the \tbeast was harmless and horrible\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">The \tboys kill Simon when they mistake him for the beast \u2013 \u201cthe beast \twas on its knees in the centre, its arms folded over its face\u2026fell \tover the steep edge\u2026the tearing of teeth and claws\u2026they could \tsee how small a beast it was\u2026Simon\u2019s dead body moved out toward \tthe open sea\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Roger \ton Jack \u201cRoger admired, \u201che\u2019s a proper chief, isn\u2019t he?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Piggy \ton going home \u201cif we don\u2019t get home soon we\u2019ll go barmy <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><em><strong>Setting<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">The \tlittluns \u201csuffered untold terrors in the dark\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">The \tplane fight mirrors the change on the island, \u201cthe battle fought \tat ten miles height\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">faced \tby the brute obtuseness of the ocean, the miles of division, one was \tclamped down, one was helpless, one was condemned\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Dramataic \tepithet \u2013 \u201call at once the thunder struck. Instead of a dull \tboom there was a point of imact in the explosion\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">diminishing \tcrags were balanced one on another\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">1. A group of school boys find themselves stranded on a desert island during a nuclear war. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">2. The boys establish some rules with Ralph as their elected leader. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">3. It becomes apparent that the rules don\u2019t work very well, the littluns play and they have no meat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">4. The hunters finally manage to kill a pig but let the fire go out and Ralph is mad.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">5. Ralph tries to reassert his power as chief.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">6. Samneric think they have seen the beast and the boys go looking for it. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">7. Ralph and Jack insist on going up the mountain in an attempt to assert their own authority.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">8. Jack runs away and starts his own group.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">9. The boys murder Simon when they mistake him for the Beast.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">10. The rest of Ralph\u2019s group runs away, Piggy and Ralph discuss what to do. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">11. Piggy is murdered.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS,serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">12. All \tthe boys hunt Ralph then a boat turns up to rescue them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alot of the following quotes can be used for various essay questions. It would make sense to go through them and copy out the ones you think are most suited to what you want to write. 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