ENG   LORD OF THE FLIES  INTENSELY IMPORTANT QUOTES

       Each of the following quotes is really important in understanding
       the novel.  Explain the significance of each of these; how does
       each one contribute to the development of one or more of the
       following:  theme
                   character development
                   symbolism
                   plot development

       1. "This belongs to us".  (31)

       2. "...the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living
       flesh;  because of the unbearable blood". (34)

       3. "He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that
       was swallowing him up." (55)


       4. "At the back of his mind formed the uncertain outlines of an
       excuse." (65)

       5. "Roger's arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing
       of him and was in ruins" (67)

       6. "But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains." (85)


       7. "' Cos things wouldn't make sense.  Houses an' streets,
       an'--TV-- they wouldn't work."  (101)

       8. "I hit him all right.  The spear stuck in.  I wounded him!"
       (125)

       9. "Power lay in the brown swell of his forearms; authority sat on
          his houlder and chattered away at his ear like an ape". (135)

       10. "Ralph looked away, "I.m frightened. Of us. I want to go home.
       Oh God, I want to go home". (153)

       11. "I will blow thew conch, "said Ralph breathlessly.
            We shan't hear it".  (137)