"I got my knee up," said Eric with simple pride, and I hit him with the pills. You should have heard him holler! He won't come back in a hurry either. So we didn't do too badly." pg. 168
I chose this passage because Jack isn't the only one who is becoming more and more ruthless. It is everyone.
"Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol. There were piles of meat on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coconut shells full of drink." pg. 149
I chose this passage because it shows how everyone besides Piggy, Ralph, and Simon have gone to Jacks party. This is showing how Jack is now becoming the main leader because he has fun and has food. Shannon F.
Jack spoke. "Give me a drink" Henry brought him a shell and he drank, watching Piggy and Ralph over the jagged rim. Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms: authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape. - Pg. 150
This passage is significant because it shows that Jack is superior over all at this point and it also could resemble a symbol. The word "ape" has only been used twice in this book; referring to the dead parachuter and now Jack. - Chad R.
"The water rose farther and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder brcame sculptured marble. The strange attendant creatures, with their fiery eyes and trailing vapors, busied themselves round his head." Page 154
I chose this passage because it shows how Simon died human and with logical reasoning and with his death the others have regressed into animals.
" "Mind my specs," said Piggy. "If I get water on the glass I got to get out and clean 'em." Ralph squirted again and missed. He laughed at Piggy, expecting him to retire meekly as usual and in pained silence. Instead, Piggy beat the water with his hands. "Stop it!" he shouted. "D'you hear?" Furiously he drove the water into Ralph's face. "All right, all right," said Ralph. "Keep your hair on." " Pg.147
I chose this passage because it shows that Ralph is finally starting to listen to Piggy, who he's constantly looking to for guidance anyways.
"I gave you food," said Jack, "and my hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?" PAGE 150
I chose this passage because it is when Jack is breaking off and forming his own group. Jack is trying to persuade the others with food and protection. It shows how Jack truly wants all the power.
"It was an accident" said piggy suddenly, " that's what it was. an accident." His voice shrilled again. "Coming in the dark - he hadn't no business crawling like that out of the dark. He was batty. He asked for it." He gesticulated wildly." It was an accident."
pg. 157
I choose this passage because piggy is still so naive that he still thinks that this is all just a game, that it hasn't come down to just pure savagery.
"Far along the bowstave of beach, three figures trotted toward the Castle Rock. They kept away from the forest and down by the water. Occasionally they sang softly; occasionally they turned cartwheels down by the moving streak of phosphorescence. The chief led then, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement. He was a chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses." p 168
I chose this passage because it shows that the power is shifting over to Jack's tribe. It shows that physical violence can overcome logical thinking.
"Somewhere over the darkened curve of the world the sun and moon were pulling, and the film of water on the earth planet was held, bulging slightly on one side while the solid core turned. The great wave of the tide moved farther along the island and the water lifted. Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea." pg. 154
I chose this passage, because the boys were greatly mistaken when they thought the figure was the beast, and they should have been more careful.
"Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea."
I chose this passage because it shows the boys are so barbaric that they could kill one of their own with no remorse.
"The air was heavy with unspoken knowledge. Sam twisted and the obscene word shot out of him. '--dance?' Memory of the dance that none of them had attended shook all four boys convulsively. 'We left early.'
I chose this passage because the boys don't want to remember the dance and they all know what they did was wrong.
ds"The air was heavy with unspoken knowledge. Sam twisted and the obscene word shot out of him. '--dance?' Memory of the dance that none of them had attended shook all four boys convulsively. 'We left early.'
I chose this passage because the boys don't want to remember the dance and they all know what they did was wrong.
The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws. -pg 153 I chose this because the boys have officially lost it they start attacking the human like animals.
"'But we were! All of us!' Piggy shook his head. 'Not us till last. They never noticed in the dark. Anyway you said I was only on the outside.' 'Sp was I' muttered Ralph, 'I was on the outside too.' Piggy nodded eagerly." - pg. 157
This shows that the boys feel guilty about killing Simon but they don't want to admit that they did it. John Eide
"Over the island the build-up of clouds continued. A steady current of heated air rose all day form the mountain and was thrust to ten thousand feet; revolving masses of gas piled up the static until the air was ready to explode." Page 145
I chose this passage because I think it shows the tension between the two groups. They are getting so wild that something is going to happen soon.
"The hunters were looking uneasily at the sky, flinching from the stroke of the drops. A wave of restlessness set the boys swaying and moving aimlessly. The flickering light became brighter and the blows of the thunder were only just bearable. The littluns began to run about, screaming." PG.151
I chose this passage because it's like the lord of the flies is taking over their minds, they worry about simple things like storms and are just becoming crazy as the days slide by.
"'Going to be a storm,' said Ralph "'and you'll have rain like when we dropped here. Who's clever now? Where are your shelters? What are you going to do about that?'" (151)
I chose this passage because it shows that the boys won't be able to survive separately because what each group doesn't have the other group of boys do.
"Quite clearly and emphatically, and only a yard or so away from the back of the shelter, a stick cracked. The blood roared again in Ralph's ears, confused images chased each other through his mind."
pg. 166
I chose this passage because it shows that Ralph is beginning to imagine things as well. His fear is beginning to control him more than before.
"Smokes getting thinner." "We need more wood already, even when it's wet." "My asthma-" The response was mechanical. "Sucks to you ass-mar." "If I pull logs, I get my asthma bad. I wish I didn't, Ralph, but there it is." pg 162
I choose this passage because it shows that Piggy truly wants to help, but he is restricted for medical reasons
"The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. The beast was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on the hill. The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws."
This shows how delusional and animal-like the boys have become as they are killing Simon. They've lost all sense of reality.
"'I mean it,' whispered Piggy. 'If we dont get home soon we'll be barmy.' (165).
I chose this passage because it shows that the boys are getting desperate to get home. I also believe that it could be foreshadowing another event, such as one of the boys actually going crazy.
25 comments:
"I got my knee up," said Eric with simple pride, and I hit him with the pills. You should have heard him holler! He won't come back in a hurry either. So we didn't do too badly." pg. 168
I chose this passage because Jack isn't the only one who is becoming more and more ruthless. It is everyone.
Clare F
"Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol. There were piles of meat on green leaves near him, and fruit, and coconut shells full of drink." pg. 149
I chose this passage because it shows how everyone besides Piggy, Ralph, and Simon have gone to Jacks party. This is showing how Jack is now becoming the main leader because he has fun and has food.
Shannon F.
Jack spoke. "Give me a drink" Henry brought him a shell and he drank, watching Piggy and Ralph over the jagged rim. Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms: authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape. - Pg. 150
This passage is significant because it shows that Jack is superior over all at this point and it also could resemble a symbol. The word "ape" has only been used twice in this book; referring to the dead parachuter and now Jack. - Chad R.
"The water rose farther and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder brcame sculptured marble. The strange attendant creatures, with their fiery eyes and trailing vapors, busied themselves round his head." Page 154
I chose this passage because it shows how Simon died human and with logical reasoning and with his death the others have regressed into animals.
" "Mind my specs," said Piggy. "If I get water on the glass I got to get out and clean 'em." Ralph squirted again and missed. He laughed at Piggy, expecting him to retire meekly as usual and in pained silence. Instead, Piggy beat the water with his hands. "Stop it!" he shouted. "D'you hear?" Furiously he drove the water into Ralph's face. "All right, all right," said Ralph. "Keep your hair on." "
Pg.147
I chose this passage because it shows that Ralph is finally starting to listen to Piggy, who he's constantly looking to for guidance anyways.
Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms: authority sat on his shoulder and chattered in his ear like an ape. "All sit down." Page 150
I chose this passage because it shows how Jack is taking full advantage of his new authority.
Anna Yung
"I gave you food," said Jack, "and my hunters will protect you from the beast. Who will join my tribe?"
PAGE 150
I chose this passage because it is when Jack is breaking off and forming his own group. Jack is trying to persuade the others with food and protection. It shows how Jack truly wants all the power.
Marissa A.
"It was an accident" said piggy suddenly, " that's what it was. an accident." His voice shrilled again. "Coming in the dark - he hadn't no business crawling like that out of the dark. He was batty. He asked for it." He gesticulated wildly." It was an accident."
pg. 157
I choose this passage because piggy is still so naive that he still thinks that this is all just a game, that it hasn't come down to just pure savagery.
"Far along the bowstave of beach, three figures trotted toward the Castle Rock. They kept away from the forest and down by the water. Occasionally they sang softly; occasionally they turned cartwheels down by the moving streak of phosphorescence. The chief led then, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement. He was a chief now in truth; and he made stabbing motions with his spear. From his left hand dangled Piggy's broken glasses." p 168
I chose this passage because it shows that the power is shifting over to Jack's tribe. It shows that physical violence can overcome logical thinking.
Bailey B. ^
"Somewhere over the darkened curve of the world the sun and moon were pulling, and the film of water on the earth planet was held, bulging slightly on one side while the solid core turned. The great wave of the tide moved farther along the island and the water lifted. Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea." pg. 154
I chose this passage, because the boys were greatly mistaken when they thought the figure was the beast, and they should have been more careful.
"Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea."
I chose this passage because it shows the boys are so barbaric that they could kill one of their own with no remorse.
"The air was heavy with unspoken knowledge. Sam twisted and the obscene word shot out of him. '--dance?' Memory of the dance that none of them had attended shook all four boys convulsively. 'We left early.'
I chose this passage because the boys don't want to remember the dance and they all know what they did was wrong.
ds"The air was heavy with unspoken knowledge. Sam twisted and the obscene word shot out of him. '--dance?' Memory of the dance that none of them had attended shook all four boys convulsively. 'We left early.'
I chose this passage because the boys don't want to remember the dance and they all know what they did was wrong.
The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.
-pg 153
I chose this because the boys have officially lost it they start attacking the human like animals.
^^^^ Maggie F.
"'But we were! All of us!'
Piggy shook his head.
'Not us till last. They never noticed in the dark. Anyway you said I was only on the outside.'
'Sp was I' muttered Ralph, 'I was on the outside too.'
Piggy nodded eagerly." - pg. 157
This shows that the boys feel guilty about killing Simon but they don't want to admit that they did it.
John Eide
"Over the island the build-up of clouds continued. A steady current of heated air rose all day form the mountain and was thrust to ten thousand feet; revolving masses of gas piled up the static until the air was ready to explode." Page 145
I chose this passage because I think it shows the tension between the two groups. They are getting so wild that something is going to happen soon.
"The hunters were looking uneasily at the sky, flinching from the stroke of the drops. A wave of restlessness set the boys swaying and moving aimlessly. The flickering light became brighter and the blows of the thunder were only just bearable. The littluns began to run about, screaming." PG.151
I chose this passage because it's like the lord of the flies is taking over their minds, they worry about simple things like storms and are just becoming crazy as the days slide by.
"'Going to be a storm,' said Ralph "'and you'll have rain like when we dropped here. Who's clever now? Where are your shelters? What are you going to do about that?'" (151)
I chose this passage because it shows that the boys won't be able to survive separately because what each group doesn't have the other group of boys do.
Abby Doster
"Quite clearly and emphatically, and only a yard or so away from the back of the shelter, a stick cracked. The blood roared again in Ralph's ears, confused images chased each other through his mind."
pg. 166
I chose this passage because it shows that Ralph is beginning to imagine things as well. His fear is beginning to control him more than before.
Rose T.
Desperately, Ralph prayed that the beast would prefer the litlluns.
I chose this because Ralph no longer cares about the others. He is worried about himself and wants to stay alive.
MAdeline
"Smokes getting thinner." "We need more wood already, even when it's wet." "My asthma-" The response was mechanical. "Sucks to you ass-mar." "If I pull logs, I get my asthma bad. I wish I didn't, Ralph, but there it is." pg 162
I choose this passage because it shows that Piggy truly wants to help, but he is restricted for medical reasons
Landon Hughett
"The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. The beast was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on the hill. The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water. At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws."
This shows how delusional and animal-like the boys have become as they are killing Simon. They've lost all sense of reality.
"'I mean it,' whispered Piggy. 'If we dont get home soon we'll be barmy.' (165).
I chose this passage because it shows that the boys are getting desperate to get home. I also believe that it could be foreshadowing another event, such as one of the boys actually going crazy.
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