Lord Of The Flies Quotes

Just like in any society, there are the leaders and there are the common people. In the novel, Lord of the flies, by William Golding, the littluns play the role of the common people on the island. Meanwhile, Ralph and Jack are the leaders. While stranded on the island, the littluns bring fear amongst everyone, they give rise to a leader and they represent innocence.

Sam and Eric, the twins that never seem to be apart, always honest, and always working towards the greater good. After Piggy’s tragic death, Jack takes Samneric and they become part of the tribe that he created. However, in Chapter Twelve when Ralph goes to talk to them, they warn him to leave or he might get in trouble.

This quote portrays how Jack is speaking to all boys particularly little boys who are afraid and believe that the beast is in the island. Jack says little boys begin the anxiety and create rumour about the beast and his hunters and he promise to the little boys that they will guard all by killing the beast. However, the evil within Jack make him speak like a savage by saying that because the little boy do not contribute in the hunting or making of the smoke, so this would lead them to be attacked by the beast. This shows how Jack is heartless and selfish.

“If you mean going the right way, we’ll hunt(111).” Jack taunts Ralph into helping him hunt. By doing that Jack gets Ralph to help him. Jack frequently manipulated the boys into doing things for his own personal benefit. Jack has total control and implements his beliefs in the other boys. Even if a boy in his tribe didn’t agree with him, his tactics kept them from speaking up. Peer pressure influenced his tribe tremendously. Jack represented a dictator throughout the novel.

This quote shows that people can be different then they can be, people can ultimately change for the worst.

He claimed that the beastie came from the darkness. Later that day, the young boy disappears into the fire. This unfortunate event scarred the minds of the littluns forever. In the chapter, “The Beast From Water,” a sensitive littlun named Percival cries and claims that the “beastie” came from the sea in the form of squids.The boys continue speaking about beasts and ghosts. No one is sure of what the beast truly is and where it comes from. Later in chapter 5, Simon says “...maybe it’s only us that we’re afraid of.” This quote explains that the boys on the island would rather fear a monster than fear the reality that everyone is afraid of each other. Piggy also has the same idea as Simon, when he says “I know there isn't no fear either. Unless we get frightened of people” in chapter 5. Piggy explains that there is nothing to be afraid of, until one of the boys becomes the enemy. Both Simon and Piggy are trying to convince the boys that there really is no beast, but they are afraid of the unknown disposition of their

Ralph and Jack themselves are used as symbols of leadership. “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." (149). The symbolism used in this quote shows how Jack is now seen as a leader figure, whereas Ralph is the actual leader. It also shows irony as well with Jack symbolically described as the leader of his civilization, while Ralph is really the leader of all of the group. In Chapter Nine, Simon resembles the beast. Simon was crawling in blood in an a effort to tell the others that the beast is harmless, and he is killed by Jack and his tribe, which is symbolized in their song and dance. Jack and his savages sang, "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!" (152) The fear and confusion brought upon the boys led them to kill Simon, showing the act of savagery as a direct reaction to the negativity in their environment. This fear and confusion brought to the island, caused heinous acts to be done by the once civilized - all caused by the spread of

“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast--Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! Said the head. You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s a no go? Why things are the way they are?” (page 206)

While tension rises between Jack and Ralph at one of the assemblies, Jack uses his strength to lead the littluns and other boys. Jack replies to Piggy during the assembly, “we’re strong-we hunt! If there’s a beast we’ll hunt it down” (Golding 91). With paint on his face, Jack is capable of rallying the boys in a time of uncertainty and turning them to his side. Jack shows his strength and confidence in hunting by yelling at the boys that they are fully able to hunt the beast themselves. In the beginning of the book, Choir leader, Jack Merridew, would have never shown this kind of unorderly confidence. However, now that he has his personality changing mask, he is able to hunt and show his killer strength to the boys. Jack also convinces the other boys that the masks will make them stronger, so now the boys begin wearing masks to find the strength to hunt. The mask signifies a powerful sign of strength in the book, but by the end of the book the mask has a much darker connotation.

The idea of the beast started off as nothing more than a figment of a child’s imagination and Jack even said himself that “‘I’ve been all over this island...there is no beast in the forest’” (Golding 83). He’s denying the idea that there is any type of beast on the island and uses his position of “hunter” to justify it. Later in the novel, Jack starts to support the idea of the beast when he realize the boys’ fear gives him power. He mentions that the “‘the beast is a hunter’” (Golding 126) and how “‘[Ralph] is a coward himself’” (Golding 127). Jack is clearly talking Ralph down and wants the boys to view Ralph as a unifit

C: Ralph knows the difference between right and wrong, however once Jack is in the picture; he loses all his normality. C: Roger knows he is not the chiefs first choice in sidekick. However, he will go against the chief and his friends to draw attention of the boys. C: From the moment the boys got out of the jungle, in their choir robes, it was bound to only get more difficult for the survival of the littluns.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was right in saying that the “only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. Jack Merridew’s evil ways are evident as he uses fear to control the boys on the island. In the beginning of the book, his presence itself at the election of chief instills the first of the fears within each of the boys. Jack uses his personality as a menace to the boys on the island. Although Jack garners support from the majority of the group, they assist him only through fear of what he is capable of doing to them if they do not do as he commands. As one can see multiple times throughout the book, Jack deems it necessary to hunt down pigs on the island, but why? Jack carries a demon inside of him that allows him to do such acts. If things are not done as he wishes, his fury is unleashed on everyone around him. While the others find hunting as a chance for adventure, Jack practices it as if it were a ritual. This ritual extends beyond the pig caught between the “creepers”; pigs are eventually replaced with human flesh. The boys’ fear keep them in the circle of dancing for they are afraid that one of them will be the next in the center of the dance. This outlook on violence is what drives the fear inside them. Later on, Jack uses the belief of the beast to further enlarge the terror of the schoolboys. The idea of the beast was originally brought up by a “littlun” but Jack uses the little boy’s fear to his advantage. The sacrifices made, the spears, and the face

Tobias MacIvey – Sol’s grandfather/ Zechariah MacIvey and Toby Cypress’s father. He is a thirty year old man, living in Florida scrub. He had moved

English school boys ranging from age six to twelve where on a plane being evacuated from Britain to escape atomic warfare. Their plane believed to be shot down and crashed on an island where the boys are now stranded, the piolet didn’t survive, the boys quickly realized there was no adult supervision. They needed a leader, that was going to give them shelter, make them feel secure, feed them, and get them off the island alive.

“‘I agree with Ralph. 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. So we’ve got to do the right things’”