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(pg 13) By the Coast
Piggy "it's hot."
Ralph "What did you expect"
"I didn't expect nothing. My auntie..."
"Sucks to your auntie" -
(pg.14) It's an island
piggy "This is an island isn't it?"
Ralph"I climbed a rock and,...I think this is an island." -
(pg.38) Childish
Piggy "I bet it's gone tea-time what do they think they're going to do on that mountain." Ralph "like a crowd of kids" Even though they got off on the wrong foot Piggy and Ralph both realize that the boys wouldc act crazy on the island without supervision. Piggy still adheirs to what many adults would do to maintain order. Ralph is trying to keep the boys together while keeping them happy ot miantain an established order on the island. They both Realize to leave there needs to be control. -
(pg.79) Assembly
Ralph "We need an assembly not for fun or laughs but to put things straight." -
(pg.94) Grown-ups would know
Piggy "Grown-ups know things. They ain't afraid of the dark. The'd meet and have tea and discuss." -
(pg.101) Delagating
Piggy "how about us,Ralph?"
Ralph "you haven't got the conch here."
I mean - how about us, suppose the beast comes when your'e all away?"
Piggy and Ralph start to trust eachother more oftento keep power. They both think that with their shared control and intellect they can stop jack from converting the island to a dystopia. Piggy and Ralph learn that without the adults present their words mean nothing to the boys. They are able to maintain limited control but jack want for power is still growing -
(pg.150) Why I'm Chief
Ralph "I'm cheif because you choose me, and we were going to keep the fire going. Now your'e going after food." -
(pg.157) Just an Accident
Piggy "It was an accident thats all it was an accident. Coming in the dark, he had no business crawling out of the dark like that, he asked for it." -
We Were Outsiders
Piggy "Not us till last. They never noticed in the dark anyway you said I was on;y on the outside." Ralph "So was I, I was on the outside too." "Thats right, we was on the outside. We never done nothing, we never seen nothing." -
Reasoning paragraph
Piggy and Ralph both try to find excuses for their failures. They resort too narcacism and try to find psychological blames for their failure to maintain a decent government. They try to blame all their problems on different factors in their problems. They try to maintain their innocence by blaming others but can only find themselves to blame. Their failure will result to jacks full control and piggy's death
