Lord Of The Flies Key Quotes

‘'“Only, decided Ralph as he faced the chief's seat, I can’t think. Not like Piggy” (83).

(Jack) “Jack himself shrank at this cry with a hiss of indrawn breath, and for a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees.” (Golding 49)

In order for Jack to come to power, he uses the boy’s fear of the island while telling them that he will lead them to hunt and kill the beast. Currently, on the island, the beast was in everyone's thoughts and dreams. During the night, the littluns would scream during their sleep due to a figure known as the beast. Jack exclaims to Ralph that there was no beast on the island and there is nothing to be afraid of. Later on, in chapter 5 during an assembly, Jack declared that “...We’re strong–we hunt! If there’s a beast, we’ll hunt it down! We’ll close in and beat and beat and beat–!” (91). Jack is exclaiming to the boys that there is a beast and he will hunt it down and beat it, even though he previously said to Ralph that the beast is a myth

      After Ralph puts the conch down Jack snatches it up and starts blaming the littluns for all the fear, saying that they brought it upon themselves by believing in the beast.  Jack is angry about the

Ralph always seems to know what is best, he takes control of the the meetings they have, building

Ralph woke up on the island and found a conch and a boy named Piggy. Piggy tells Ralph to blow into the conch and suddenly all of the other boys begin to emerge from the growth on the island. After agreeing that they are without adults the boys become concerned. Piggy says, “That’s why Ralph made a meeting. So as we can decide what to do.” (Golding, 21) A little later, the boys vote on Ralph to be chief. As chief Ralph wisely decided that there needed to be rules on the island. “We can’t have everybody talking at once. We’ll have to have ‘Hands up’ like at school.” He held the conch before his face and glanced round the mouth. “Then I’ll give him the conch.” (Golding, 33)

"I mean the way things are. They dream. You can hear 'em. Have you been awake at night?" Jack shook his head."They talk and scream. The littluns. Even some of the others. As if—”"As if it wasn't a good

While Jack and his hunters started out as just choirboys, they become obsessed with violence and are driven to kill. In the beginning of the book, Jack hesitates and misses his chance to kill a trapped pig. Later on, as Jack and his newly formed tribe hunt in the forest, they discover a sow. Following the desperate chase after

Following Simon’s brutal death, Ralph and Piggy find themselves searching, yet again, for something to provide stability amidst the atrocity encompassing Jack, Rodger and the hunters. The two contemplate what exactly what actions they should take, now that Jack and his hunters have succumbed completely to savagery. They look to the conch for help, Ralph taking “the shell caressingly with both hands” (156). Admiring the conch’s power and beauty, he is careful when touching it even when there is no one present to direct. Piggy, quick to suggest solutions reminds Ralph that he could call an assembly. Ralph laughs

“The thing is - fear can’t hurt you anymore than a dream.”(Golding, 116). Ralph’s point of view on fear is declared within the quote. Ralph is the protagonist derived from William Golding’s esteemed bestseller, Lord of the Flies. In the renowned novel written by Golding, young boys in a plane have crashed and descended upon an uninhabited island with more than sufficient vegetation. On the first chapter of the fictional writing, many of the boys are very enthusiastic and exhilarated about being on an island without any parental supervision. At first, order and tranquility was established by the children and there was more civilization on the island compared to savagery. However, as the novel advanced, the readers could identify the kids were

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.

“There’s another thing. We can help them to find us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire” (Golding, page 38) Ralph instructs. This citation proves that as a leader Ralph has been giving instructions that will benefit everyone.

Ralphs, with a tone of frustration, says "meetings. Don't we love meetings?" He feels frustrated when he says this because the boys decide to build something and "they'd work for five minutes then wander off or go hunting." The boys, other than Simon do not take their tasks and Ralph seriously because Ralph's authority lacks the threat which the adults have to enforce rules. All the other boys do is play, instead of helping Ralph, proof of this is "they're of bathing, or eating, or playing."

“Of course I can, I’m leader! I could make you jump off a cliff if I want to!”, said Ralph, voice rising.

Ralph calls the assembly because he needs to straighten things up. There is disorder on the island. Everybody is not where they are supposed to be, and they are not doing what they are supposed to be doing. When the hunters let the fire go out and they miss their chance at rescue, Ralph starts getting serious because he realizes he is losing control. He tells the boys “we need an assembly. not for laughing and falling off the log… not for making jokes, or for… Cleverness. . . . But to put things straight”(79). Ralph hasthe need to re-establish the rules. For example the littleuns are using the restroom wherever they feel like going, when they have already established a lavatory “along the beach[at] the rocks” (80). The littleuns are going