Painted Faces & Long Hair - Quotations
English Lit: AQA GCSE Lord of the Flies, topic 6.2.4
Quotations from Chapter 4
Here are a few key quotations from Chapter 4:
Fear of the “beastie”
- The littleuns, in particular, suffer from horrible dreams. They fear that the “beastie” hunts in the darkness.
"Like in the war”
- Jack covers his face with charcoal and clay to camouflage himself ("For hunting. Like in the war.”).
Loss of humanity quotations
- “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.”
- Jack and the hunters return from the jungle, carrying a dead pig and chanting a strange song. This strange chanting signals the boys starting to lose their humanity and civilised behaviour.
- “Kill”, “cut”, “spill”).
- The repeated use of imperative verbs shows their violent ways increasing.
Clash - Ralph and Jack
- “You let the fire go out”
- This interaction shows a big clash between Jack and Ralph.
- Jack is “irritated” by Ralph spoiling his excitement over his hunt.
- Jack “was powerless and raged without knowing why”.
Test yourself on Painted Faces & Long Hair - Quotations
What do the boys chant after killing the pig?
What quotations does Golding use to show the clash between Ralph and Jack in Chapter 4?