Ch.4-6 Characterization

1. Ch.4-6 Characterization By: Ashley DeWitt, Lindsay Hubbard & Cassie Moore

2. Chapter 4 • Ralph • “They obeyed the summons of the conch, partly because Ralph blew it, and he was big enough to be a link with the adult world of authority.” p.59 • “Ralph ran stumbling along the rocks, saved himself on the edge of the pink cliff and screamed at the ship. ‘Come back! Comeback!’ ” p.68 • “There was a ship. Out there. You said you’d keep the fire going and you let it out!” p.70 • Jack • “'There was lashings of blood,' said Jack, laughing and shuddering, 'you should have seen it!‘” p.69

3. Chapter 4 • Jack cont. • “Jack, faced at once with too many awful implications, ducked away from them.” p.70 • “ 'You could have had everyone when the shelters were finished. But you had to hunt--' [said Ralph]” p.71 • (Jack and Piggy and Ralph) "Ralph made a step forward and Jack smacked Piggy's head. Piggy's glasses flew off and tinkled on the rocks.‘” p.71 • Roger • “Roger led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over.” p.60

4. Chapter 4 • Maurice • “In his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand. Now, though there was no parent to let fall a heavenly hand, Maurice still felt the unease of wrongdoing.” p.60 • Henry • “Henry was a bit of a leader this afternoon.” p.60 • “Henry and Johnny were throwing sand at Percival who was crying quietly again.” p.67 • All the boys • “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in.” p.75

5. Chapter 5 • Ralph • “We need an assembly. Not for fun, not for laughing and falling off the log […] not for making jokes, or […] for cleverness. Not for these things. But to put things straight.” p.79 • “We’ve got to make some smoke up there-or die.” p.81 • “The rules! […] You’re breaking the rules! […] The rules are the only thing we’ve got!” p.91 • “If I blew the conch and they don’t come back; then we’ve had it. We shan’t keep the fire going. We’ll be like animals. We’ll never get rescued.” p.92 • “If only they could get a message to us […] If only they could send us something grownup…a sign or something.” p.94

6. Chapter 5 • Piggy • “Piggy could think. He could go step by step inside that fat head of his, only piggy was no chief.” p.78 • “Piggy tiptoed to the triangle, his ineffectual protest made, and joined the others.” p.79 • Jack • “Jack stood up, scowling in the gloom, and held out his hands.” p.81 • “He looked along the row of whispering littluns. 'Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!‘” p.83 • “As an answer Jack dropped into the uncomprehending silence that followed it the one crude expressive syllable.” p.89

7. Chapter 5 • Jack cont. • “Jack was up too, unaccountably angry.” p.90 • All the boys • “The assembly roared.” p.80

8. Chapter 6 • Ralph • “Hasn’t anyone got any sense? We’ve got to relight that fire. You never thought of that, Jack, did you? Or don’t you want to be rescued? P.102 • “Ralph walked in the rear. Thankful to have escaped responsibility for a time.” p.103 • “I’m chief. I’ll go. Don’t argue.” p.104 • “I’m chief . We’ve got to make certain. Can’t you see the mountain? There’s no signal showing. There may be a ship out there. Are you all off your rockers?” p.108 • Piggy • “Piggy bumped into him and a twin grabbed him as he made for the oblong of paling stars.“ p.99 • “Piggy took off his damaged glasses and cleaned the remaining lens.” p.101

9. Chapter 6 • Piggy cont. • “The silence grew oppressive and Piggy held his breath.“ p.102 • Jack • “Jack sneered at him. [Ralph]” p.100 • “Jack's face went so white that the freckles showed as clear brown flecks.” p.102 • “A sound behind him made him turn. Jack was edging along the ledge.” p.106 • “Jack led the way down the rock and across the bridge.“ p.108

10. Chapter 6 • Sam and Eric • “The twins shared their identical laughter, then remembered the darkness and other things and glanced round uneasily.” p.97 • All the boys • “Jack led the way down the rock and across the bridge.” p.108