| ‘I don’t care what you call me so long as it’s not what they used to call me in school…They used to call me Piggy!’ | Piggy talking to Ralph, establishes the way his peers see him- his ‘type’. Irony as best=pig, most rational person. First betrayal of Ralph and the connection of childhood and old life vs. ‘used’= intelligence, knows they aren’t going back. |
| ‘He shouted an order and they halted’ | Military discipline. representation of Hitler= Jack, Nazis=choir? become corrupt, vicious tyrants. Funny image of little boys halting, it’s like they are playing |
| ‘Ralph shaded his eyes and followed the jagged outline of the crags upwards the mountain’ | sharp and scary foreshadowing. Climbed to find the truth, major feature= holy places. |
| ‘because of the enormity of the knife descending…the unbearable blood.’ | the fear of murder from Jack. Extreme, changes completely. |
| ‘…the shell was deep cream, touched here and there with a fading pink’ | Piggy notices the value, democracy. Ralph notices the beauty vs. Piggy notices the practical use. |
Lord of the flies chapter 1 quotes
February 9, 2020