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Lord of the Flies Quote Bank (Good and Evil ("Didn't you hear…
Lord of the Flies Quote Bank
Good and Evil
"Didn't you hear about what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They're all dead."
"Kill the pig, cut her throat, bash her in"
"The breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and Simon lay over the island like a vapour"
"I'm frightened of us"
"The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee"
"Robert was screaming and struggling with the strength of frenzy"
"They're going to hunt you tomorrow"
"They've got our fire"
"Simon's dead body moved towards the open sea"
Law and order
"Let's have a vote"
"We got to have rules and obey them. After all we are not savages"
"The coarse grass was still worn away from where the assembly used to sit"
"Bollocks to the rules"
"Smoke is more important than the pig"
"They obey the summons of the conch"
"Which is better law and rescue or hunting?"
"The conch"
Savagery
"Which is better- to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill?"
"Sharpen a stick at both ends"
"The mask compelled them"
"He smeared on the clay"
"Kill the pig, slit her throat, spill her blood"
"Painted faces and long hair"
"Imitation war cry that was answered by a dozen voices
"This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy in shorts and shirt"
"He hurled his spear at Ralph"
Crowd Mentality
"Boys armed with sticks"
"Kill him, kill him"
"He was safe.. behind the mask"
"Do our dance!"
"The crowd surged after it"
Beast
"A snake thing. Ever so big. He saw it"
"Maybe there is a beast... maybe it's us"
"The head is for the beast. It's a gift."
"The creature lifted it's head"
"He says the beastie came in the dark"
"But can you can feel as if you're not hunting, but- being hunted"
Nature
"Decaying coconuts.. darkness of the forest"
"The unfriendly side of the mountain"
"A tree exploded in the fire like a bomb"
"The island was scorched up like dead wood"
"The heat seemed to increase till it became like a threatening weight
Leadership
"'I ought to be chief' said Jack with simple arrogance"
"Let's have a vote
"The most obvious leader was Jack"
"Bollocks to the rules"
"Hands up whoever wants Jack not to be chief"
"Jack painted and garlanded, was sat there like an idol
"If Jack was chief... we'd be here till we died"
Ralph
"The fair boy"
"The choir belongs to you of course
"We shall be rescued"
"Ralph wept for the end of innocence
"We must make a fire"
Jack
"Red haired"
"Uniformed superiority and offhand authority"
"Shut up Fatty"
"Bollocks to the rules"
"I ought to be chief"
"The boy who controlled them "
Piggy
"The fat boy"
"We can use this to call the others"
"We ought to have a vote"
"He tucked the shell under his arm"
"Once more was the centre of social derision"
"True, wise friend