'We've got to have rules and obey
them. After all, we're not savages.
We're English, and the English are best
at everything."
Chapter 2,
Jack to the
group
"He began to dance and his
laughter became a bloodthirsty
snarling."
Chapter 4
"'Life . . . is scientific . . . .I know there
isn't no beast . . . but I know there isn't
no fear, either . . . .Unless we get
frightened of people.'"
Chapter 5
"The world, that
understandable and
lawful world, was
slipping away.
Chapter 5
"'Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his
blood!'"
Chapter 9
"There were no words,
and no movements but
the tearing of teeth and
claws."
Chapter 9
"'We should be looking like we used
to, washed and hair brushed — after
all we aren't savages really . . . .'"
Chapter 11
"What was the sensible thing to
do? There was no Piggy to talk
sense."
Chapter 12
The boys found themselves eager to
take a place in this demented but
partly secure society.