Lord Of The Flies Quotes

Quotation- I think the quote, " I ought to give up being chief. Hear 'em." (Golding 134) is really important because it shows how frustrated Ralph is getting with everyone. It also shows how tired he is about people not listening to what he has to say and how people

William Golding effectively creates a vivid picture in the mind of the reader in this excerpt from Lord of the Flies. Golding uses calming and descriptive words to carefully shape the image of the scene, which in turn draws the audience in. He effectively describes particular sections of the setting, enhancing the overall picture in the reader’s mind. In the last section of the excerpt, Golding describes the sunset and writes: “Darkness poured out, submerging the ways between the trees till they were dim and strange as the bottom of the sea.” He choses to talk about particular aspects of the island by carefully paying attention to specific details and describing them vividly. Additionally, the very carefully selected words help create

This mask depicts Jack’s identity from the book Lord of the Flies. Starting from the bottom of the mask, there is a quote from Jack which is one of the last things he says before leaving Ralph’s group: “I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you”. This quote is significant to Jack because not only does it show the end of the impact on Jack that the tamed and edified society Ralph has developed, it shows how childish he is. Before Jack says this, he puts Ralph’s conch on the grass in front of him and cries.

People are controlled by Society in many ways, such as the clothes they wear, and the music they listen to. It all depends on the society. The way people are controlled by society is by the rules that are made, like when Sam n’ Eric became traders it was a rule that they could not leave Jack’s tribe.With the bad society the boys are in on the island, When Piggy gets knocked off the cliff and died the boys were not upset, they were angry and continued to try and kill each other. Since there are no adults on the island they have to take care of themselves which turns into them trying to hunt and kill each other.

Bogard begins his article by recounting a personal story - a summer spent in a lake in Minnesota where he experienced “woods so dark [his] hands disappeared before [his] eyes.” In describing this brief anecdote, Bogard provokes the audience to question and recount a time when they were able to enjoy a world surrounded by natural darkness. By drawing in his readers with a personal encounter about night darkness, the author means to present natural darkness as a mysterious yet alluring forces of nature. With

Not having been rescued yet has finally had a told on Ralph who seems to be getting more impatient as days pass by. Essentially what happens is he orders an assembly to take place where he will discuss with the group of boys how they need to follow orders how they need to do this or that in order to get rescued and at this point the boys no longer want to listen to him. They think he has "too many things" to say so they want to replace him. It was a great move for Ralph to do, remind the boys they need to take part being rescued. However, because at the beginning of when they were first on the island he had been a fun a chief they are not used to the idea of him wanting things to be done. They do not respect him anymore. They do not want to

In this quote it shows what the shore of the island looks like. Golding uses imagery by using words to greatly describe what the shore would have looked like. Golding uses words like green feathers to describe how the palm trees looked. He also uses word to describe the sand. Golding does this so that the reader can feel like they are there. He also makes the reader be able to smell the surrounds that the story takes place in. This quote sets up where the meetings were and where they would hang around. Golding does a great job at grabbing the reader attention by describing the surround so the reader wants to get more and more.

George R.R. Martin, an American author, said “[t]here is a savage beast in every man, and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war, the beast stirs.” Martin notes that humans possess a savage nature that may or may not completely alter their personality. Some individuals have the strength to withstand their savage temptations and obey their morals. Although others may be consumed by their innate human nature, causing them to descend rapidly into savagery in order to achieve their goals. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, fire, the conch and the island represents how the innate darkness of humans can cause people to go from civilization to savagery. First off, they use the fire as a rescue method but it ends up

In The Fog Horn, Ray Bradbury uses a multitude of methods in order to convey the atmosphere of mystery and suspense. Bradbury does so through the use of references and literary devices to features the sea, the fish and the lighthouse. The narrative is a comprehensive and concise story that shadows the life of Bradbury’s character McDunn and Johnny whose job is to alert ships passing within the fog of their proximity to land. While working alongside each other, McDunn delays telling Johnny of the ominous monster that lurks their sea and repeatedly makes visits to the light house. In the except analysed McDunn, the main character, was giving a detailed narrative about the period when the fish of the sea would surface in order to gaze at the towering

The fact that 'By the time Ralph finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded' shows that all of the boys respect him. Likewise all of the children fell to 'silence' after this which for a group of young boys is very impressive. Ralph did not have to even ask for silence which therefore demonstrates that he as good leadership skill as everyone wants to infact listen to what he has to say.

The setting of this story is very dark, mysterious, and haunting and through the detailed descriptions of the setting, the horrific mood of the story is created. There are several vivid descriptions that the author, Richard Connell, makes of the setting. The story starts off on a damp, dark, soundless, and moonless tropical night. The night is described as being so dark that “it was like trying to see through a blanket.” The Caribbean Sea is described as being “blood-warm”. The island, which Rainsford swims to and occupies for the duration of the story, is an isolated “God-forsaken place”. On the island, Rainsford discovers a patch of weeds stained crimson – meaning blood. When Rainsford comes across the chateau on the island, the sea is described

At the beginning of the novel, I would have never thought that I’d choose Ralph as a leader. The reason I’m saying this is because he didn’t seem like one. Ralph stepped up and wanted to take leadership of the group while Jack was going crazy. When he gained power, he did not use it negatively and instead he used to make positive changes. In this situation, others would have abused it. We can see examples from today’s society where as soon as people gain power, they abuse it. Malcolm X had shown this characteristic too when he took the weight of the American

Ralph uses reasoning and rationalization when the other boys were becoming chaotic and scared because of the beast. Ralph was realistic and did not believe in the beast. He tried convincing the others in order to avoid conflict and violence. He also acknowledges the horror of Simon’s death whereas the others, especially Jack, dismissed it. “All at once the crowd swayed toward the island and was gone–following Jack.

The amount of citizens that read literature has slowly declined as technology has started to advance so quickly. People don't consider the importance of a good novel. No one thinks about hidden messages in books, or what the authors trying to convey. When people read a book...if they even read them at all, don't stop to think about the important lessons they can take away from a book. Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a timeless novel that is said to hold many allegories and important lessons to consider about society.

What are your first impressions of this novel? Why have you chosen to read it? How do you think it conforms to the dystopian fiction genre? Are you compelled to keep reading? Why?