Lord of the Flies Quotes

“We did everything adults would do. What went wrong? ” “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy. ” “We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything. ” “The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away. ” “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? ” “The rules! ” shouted Ralph, “you’re breaking the rules! ” “Who cares? ” “the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist. “Which is better–to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill? ” “Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in! ” “If I blow the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never be rescued. ” “If you don’t blow, we’ll soon be animals anyway. ” “This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us we’ll have fun. ” “Are we savages or what? ” “This toy of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch. Jack started to protest but the clamor changed from the general wish for a chief to an election by acclaim of Ralph himself.
None of the boys could have found good reason for this; what intelligence had been shown was traceable to Piggy while the most obvious leader was Jack. But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch. The being that had blown that, had sat waiting for them on the platform with the delicate thing balanced on his knees, was set apart. ” “He became absorbed beyond mere happiness as he felt himself exercising control over living things. He talked to them, urging them, ordering them.
Driven back by the tide, his footprints became bays in which they were trapped and gave him the illusion of mastery. ” “We musn’t let anything happen to Piggy, must we? ” “The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. ” “I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth. ” “And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy. Ralph and jack are a good form of Duality, when good and evil come together in conflict. savages barbarians brutes thugs beasts this unlawfully behavior. Dark; violent; pessimistic; tragic; unsparing 1 ”rising action The boys assemble on the beach. In the election for leader, Ralph defeats Jack, who is furious when he loses. As the boys explore the island, tension grows between Jack, who is interested only in hunting, and Ralph, who believes most of the boys’ efforts should go toward building shelters and maintaining a signal fire.

When rumors surface that there is some sort of beast living on the island, the boys grow fearful, and the group begins to divide into two camps supporting Ralph and Jack, respectively. Ultimately, Jack forms a new tribe altogether, fully immersing himself in the savagery of the hunt. ” 2 ”climax  Simon encounters the Lord of the Flies in the forest glade and realizes that the beast is not a physical entity but rather something that exists within each boy on the island.
When Simon tries to approach the other boys and convey this message to them, they fall on him and kill him savagely. ” 3 “falling action Virtually all the boys on the island abandon Ralph and Piggy and descend further into savagery and chaos. When the other boys kill Piggy and destroy the conch shell, Ralph flees from Jack’s tribe and encounters the naval officer on the beach. ” themes Civilization vs. avagery; the loss of innocence; innate human evil motifs Biblical parallels; natural beauty; the bullying of the weak by the strong; the outward trappings of savagery (face paint, spears, totems, chants) major conflict Free from the rules that adult society formerly imposed on them, the boys marooned on the island struggle with the conflicting human instincts that exist within each of them—the instinct to work toward civilization and order and the instinct to descend into savagery, violence, and chaos.