Lord of the Flies Quotes

Lord of the Flies Quotes

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  • Date Submitted: 01/02/2009 7:35 AM
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1. Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law.

2. His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.

3. “What I mean is . . . Maybe it's only us . . .”

4. “There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are the way they are?”

5. Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.

6. ‘tearing of teeth and claws’-represents how the boys in the island have become so inhumane and they are like animals now. it shows us how far the savagery has gone and there is no going back after this. it is the 'end of innocence' for these children due to all the savagery that has occurred on this island.
7. the phrase “There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are the way they are?”

this is lord of the flies speaking to simon telling him that the beast isnt something you can just kill, its part of all of them. the beast is in them and there is nothing they can do since they have descended into savagery

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