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Beast from the Water - Quotations
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Quotations from Chapter 5
Here are a few key quotations from Chapter 5:
Ralph on law and order
- “I know what we need. An assembly to put things straight”
- Ralph tells the boys that they must make, and agree to follow, important decisions.
- “We decide things. But they don't get done”
Piggy - sensible and logical
- “When you done laughing perhaps we can get on with the meeting”.
The boys' fears
- Phil (littleuns) sees something “big and horrid” in the forest.
- Percival says that “the beast comes out of the sea”.
Simon's thoughts on the beast
- “Maybe it’s only us”.
Ralph and Jack argue
- Ralph argues that Jack is breaking the rules but Jack says, “Who cares?”
- Ralph tells him that “the rules are the only things we’ve got!”
1Context
2Story Analysis
2.2Chapter 2
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2.6Chapter 6
2.7Chapter 7
2.9Chapter 9
2.10Chapter 10
2.11Chapter 11
2.12Chapter 12
3Key Characters
4Key Concepts
5Writing Techniques
6Recap: Main Quotes
6.1Characters Quotes
6.2Text Structure - Quotes
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1Context
2Story Analysis
2.2Chapter 2
2.3Chapter 3
2.4Chapter 4
2.6Chapter 6
2.7Chapter 7
2.9Chapter 9
2.10Chapter 10
2.11Chapter 11
2.12Chapter 12
3Key Characters
4Key Concepts
5Writing Techniques
6Recap: Main Quotes
6.1Characters Quotes
6.2Text Structure - Quotes
6.2.1The Sound of the Shell - Quotations6.2.2Fire on the Mountain - Quotations6.2.3Huts on the Beach - Quotations6.2.4Painted Faces & Long Hair - Quotations6.2.5Beast from the Water - Quotations6.2.6Beast From the Air - Quotations6.2.7Shadows & Tall Trees - Quotations6.2.8Gift for the Darkness - Quotations6.2.9Gift for the Darkness - Quotations 26.2.10A View to a Death - Quotations6.2.11The Shell & the Glasses - Quotations6.2.12Castle Rock - Quotations6.2.13Cry of the Hunters - Quotations
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