chapter 7 quotes

• you'll get back from where you came from

  • As the boys take a break from their journey up the mountain, Ralph feels discouraged and lost in thought.
  • He reflects on how dirty and unkempt he has become, longing for the comfort of civilization.
  • Simon, who often has an deeper insight, reassures Ralph that he will make it back home.
  • Interestingly, Simon doesn’t say we—only you—which foreshadows Simon’s own tragic fate later in the novel.
• “He discovered with a little fall of the heart that these were not his feet.

  Ralph becomes more self-aware, realizing how dirty and savage he has become.
• Ralph was full of fright and apprehension and pride.

  After striking a pig with his spear, Ralph experiences the thrill of hunting, showing his own descent into savagery.
• Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Bash him in!”

  The boys chant again after their hunting attempt, reinforcing their growing bloodlust.
• Just a game,” said Ralph uneasily.

  Ralph becomes disturbed when their hunting reenactment with Robert as the "pig" turns violent, foreshadowing future brutality. almost like hes trying to convince himself

  They playfully attack Robert, but it gets too real, disturbing Ralph.)
• The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.”

  Ralph briefly experiences the same violent urges as the hunters, showing that even he is not immune to savagery.
• Use a littlun,” said Jack, and everybody laughed.”

  Jack jokes about using a littlun in their hunting game, hinting at their loss of morality.
• There were eyes—teeth—claws!” Ralph, Jack, and Roger ran like the wind.”

  Jack and the boys mistake the dead parachutist for a terrifying beast, heightening their fear.

  The boys flee in terror after seeing the "beast," reinforcing their belief in it.
• The boys panic and run back to warn the others, convinced that the beast is real. This moment fuels the growing fear and chaos among the group.


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• “Soon, in the pink dusk, the shadowy figure would bow forward, sighing, and the flies settle once more.”


  This describes the dead parachutist moving in the wind, creating the illusion of a living beast. It symbolizes the boys' misunderstanding of fear and reality.

  The "flies" settling on the parachutist connect to the book’s title, Lord of the Flies, reinforcing the theme of death and decay.

  This misunderstanding will fuel chaos in the next chapters, as Jack uses the "beast" to solidify his power.