Lord of the Flies Quotes
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Source: Lord of the Flies
Author: William Golding
"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."
"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."
Context
Two chapters into Lord of the Flies, and the boys still want to, uh, not kill each other.
This is what we like to call foreshadowing.
Where you've heard it
Just...this picture.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Just picture it being said in a British accent.