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5 Cards in this Set
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‘We got no fire on the mountain. But what’s wrong with a fire down here? A fire could be built on the sand, even we’d make smoke’
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- 'We' signifies union. Rhetorical Q is passive aggressive.
- Foreshadows out of control fire. Irony, as it saves them. - Schoolmaster. Boys are too irresponsible to survive. - Reponse to The Coral Island. Boys would not stay civil. |
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‘Betrayed by his stomach, Piggy threw a picked bone down onto the beach and stooped for more’.
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-'Stooped'; a new low.
- Adam & Eve and the forbidden fruit. Piggy & Simon's death. - Humans are innately evil. - Reader thinks: not much hope of survival. |
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‘I got the conch!’ he shouted
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- Piggy gaining confidence- defending himself. 'Shouting', ensuring that he is heard.
- Foreshadows Piggy will die. Cruelty & violence grows as confidence grows. - Schoolmaster. Boys pick on outsiders. - Reader thinks: boys will pick on weakest link. |
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‘I can’t hardly move with all these creeper things’
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- Incorrect grammar; working class, outsider.
- Struggle to fit in & survive. - Schoolmaster. Bullying of outsiders & innate evil. - Reader thinks: P will struggle to survive on island. |
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‘I got the right to speak!’
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- Belief in democracy & standing up for what is right.
- Foreshadows death defending the conch & what it symbolises. Good vs. Evil. - Boys without supervision will turn savage. - Reader feels: upset & horrified at treatment of each other. |