Fire on the Mountain - Quotations
English Lit: AQA GCSE Lord of the Flies, topic 6.2.2
Quotations from Chapter 2
Here are a few key quotations from Chapter 2:
"When anyone breaks 'em-"
- Ralph decides that in their meetings, each boy must raise their hand to speak. The speaker will then be given the conch shell to hold while they speak.
- Jack agrees with Ralph that they need to have rules, but he also implies that there will be a consequence if anyone breaks the rules.
The “beastie”
- A little boy is scared of a “beastie” which comes at night.
- Ralph dismisses the little boy, telling everyone that there is no “beastie” and that the boy must have had a nightmare.
Quotations about Piggy
- “A crowd of kids”.
- Piggy is disgusted by how the boys act.
- “Piggy was surrounded before he could back away”.
- This gives us a hint about how Piggy is treated throughout the story.
- “Give me my specs!... Hardly see my hand”
- “You got your small fire all right”.
- Piggy looks back toward the beach and notices that the boys have stupidly set the island on fire. He sarcastically comments this.
Test yourself on Fire on the Mountain - Quotations
What does Piggy say the boys act like in Chapter 2?