{"id":729,"date":"2016-12-16T15:26:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T14:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/HomeoftheBrave\/?p=729"},"modified":"2016-12-16T15:26:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T14:26:51","slug":"2016-7-quote-bank-for-lord-of-the-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/HomeoftheBrave\/2016\/12\/16\/2016-7-quote-bank-for-lord-of-the-flies\/","title":{"rendered":"2016-7 Quote Bank for Lord of the Flies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Setting<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cWe was attacked\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThis is our island\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cthere aren\u2019t any grown-ups, we\u2019ll have to look after ourselves\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cHe says the beastie came in the dark\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cbattle fought at a ten mile height, but a sign came down from the world of the grown-ups\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cAll at once thunder struck. Instead of a dull boom there was a point of impact in the explosion\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme &amp; Symbolism<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ll give the conch to the next person to speak, they won\u2019t be interrupted\u201d<br \/>\n\u201che hadn\u2019t because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh\u201d<br \/>\n\u201csnake thing\u201d becomes \u201cLord of the Flies\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cKill the pig, cut her throat, spill the blood\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cpiggy cried out in terror \u201cmy specs!\u201d\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cthe tearing of teeth and claws\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cthat was Simon, that was murder\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cthe boy who controlled them\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Character- Ralph<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ll give the conch to the next person to speak, they won\u2019t be interrupted\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m calling an assembly\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cAre we savages or what?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThat was a dirty trick\u201d \u201cRalph felt his lip twitch\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cthat was Simon, that was murder\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cOnly two\u201d \u201cThe officer knew when people were telling the truth. He whistled softly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Character \u2013 Jack<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201che hadn\u2019t because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh\u201d<br \/>\n\u201ccompulsion to track down and kill things that was swallowing him up\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cKill the pig, cut her throat, spill the blood\u201d<br \/>\n\u201ccoming?\u201d \u2013 challenges Ralph<br \/>\n\u201cJack had [Rodger] by the hair and was brandishing a knife\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cthe boy who controlled them\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting \u201cWe was attacked\u201d \u201cThis is our island\u201d \u201cthere aren\u2019t any grown-ups, we\u2019ll have to look after ourselves\u201d \u201cHe says the beastie came in the dark\u201d \u201cbattle fought at a ten mile height, but a sign came down from the world of the grown-ups\u201d \u201cAll at once thunder struck. 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