Lord of The Flies Ch. 7-9 Themes

1. Lord of The FliesCh. 7-9 Themes By: Kayla R.& Tori B.

2. Chapter 7 Themes • “he would like to have a pair of scissors and cut this hair […] He would like to have a bath[…] then there were his nails-” (pg.109) • “You’ll get back to were you came from”(pg.111) • “With the bore only five yards away, he flung the foolish wooden stick that he carried, saw it hit the great snout and hang there a moment[…]I hit him all right. The spear struck in. I wounded him!” (pg.113)

3. Cont… • “Jacks arm came down; the heavy circle cheered and made pig-dying noises. Then they lay quiet, panting, listening to Robert’s frightened snivels.” (pg.115) • “We could do it properly.[…]You want a fire, I think, and a drum[…]you want a real pig[…]because you’ve got to kill him[…] use a littlun.” (pg. 115)

4. Cont… some more • “Someone’s got to go across the island and tell piggy we’ll be back after dark[…]I’ll go if you like. I don’t mind, honestly.”(pg.117) • “’Why do you hate me?’The boys stirred uneasily, as though something indecent had been said.” (pg.118)

5. Cont…even some more • “I’m going up the mountain to look for the beast.” (pg.119) • “Ralph found himself taking giant strides among the ashes.[…] presently the mountain was deserted, save for the three abandoned sticks and the thin that bowed. (pg.123)

6. Chapter 8 Themes • “‘Ralph thinks you’re cowards, running away front eh boar and the beast.[…] He’s like Piggy. He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief.’”(pg.126) • “‘ Hands up ,’ said Jack strongly, ‘whoever wants Ralph not to be chief?’[…]He laid the conch with great care in the grass at his feet. The humiliating tears were running from the corner of each eye.”(pg.127)

7. Cont… • “‘We got no fire on the mountain. But what's wrong with a fire down here? A fire could be built on then rocks. On the sand, even. We’d make smoke just the same.’”(pg.129) • “‘I seen them stealing off when we was gathering wood. They went that way. The same way ass he went himself.’”(pg.131)

8. Cont…some more • “‘And about the beast. When we kill we’ll leave some of the kill for it. Then it won’t bother us, maybe’” (pg.133) • “‘Run away’ said the dead silently ‘Go back to the others.’”(pg.137)

9. Cont…even some more • “‘I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry. D’you see? You’re not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island[…]or else’, said the Lord of the Flies 'we shall do you.’”(pg.144)

10. Chapter 9 themes • “Over the island the build–up of clouds continued”(pg.145) • “Even when the vessel broke in Simon’s nose and the blood gushed out[the flies] left him alone, preferring the pigs high flavor.”(pg.145) • “The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.”(pg.147) • “‘P’raps we ought to go too.’ […] ‘I mean-to make sure nothing happens.’”(pg.148)

11. Cont… • “Before the party had started a great log has been dragged into the canter of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like and idol.”(pg.148-149) • “‘You haven’t got it with you,’ said Jack, sneering. ‘You left it behind. See, clever? And the conch doesn’t count at this end of the island-’”(pg.150)

12. Cont…some more • “‘Going to be a storm,’ said Ralph, ‘and you’ll have rain like when we dropped here. Who’s clever now? Where are you shelters? What are you going to do about that?’”(pg.151) • “A circling movement developed and a chant.”(pg.151)

13. Cont… even some more • “Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill.[…] At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed struck, bit, tore”(pg.152-153)