Tonight we're having a feast. We've killed a pig and we've got meat. You can come and eat with us if you like.” GIBBERING: n. 1. Unintelligible or nonsensical talk or writing. 2.a. Highly technical or esoteric language. b. Unnecessarily pretentious or vague language. Maurice and Robert skewered the carcass, lifted the dead weight, and stood ready. In the silence, and standing over the dry blood, they looked suddenly furtive.

WHIMPER: v. whimpered, whimpering, whimpers. — intr. 1. To cry or sob with soft intermittent sounds; whine. 2. To complain. — tr. 1. To utter in a whimper. — whimper n. A low, broken, sobbing sound; a whine. — whimperer n. — whimperingly adv. His voice lifted into the whine of virtuous recrimination. They stirred and began to shout him down. CLAMBER: intr.v. clambered, clambering, clambers. 1. To climb with difficulty, especially on all fours; scramble. — clamber n. A difficult, awkward climb. — clamberer n. I agree with Ralph. 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. So we’ve got to do the right things.”

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Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering. Kroll, Justin (29 July 2019). "Luca Guadagnino in Talks to Direct 'Lord of the Flies' Adaptation (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019 . Retrieved 15 May 2020.

All at once he found he could talk fluently and explain what he had to say . He passed a hand through his fair hair and spoke. ULULATION: intr.v. ululat Again the pressure of the assembly took his voice away. He sought for help and sympathy and chose Piggy. He turned half toward him, clutching the conch to his brown chest. Below the other side of the mountain top was a platform of forest. Once more Ralph found himself making the cupping gesture.

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TWITCH: v. twitched twitching, twitches. — tr. 1. To draw, pull, or move suddenly and sharply; jerk. — intr. 1. To move jerkily or spasmodically. 2. To ache sharply from time to time; twinge. — twitch n. 1. A sudden involuntary or spasmodic muscular movement. 2. A sudden pulling; a tug. 3. A looped cord used to restrain a horse by tightening it around the animal’s upper lip. –twitchingly adv.

We haven’t made a fire,” he said, “what’s any use. We couldn’t keep a fire like that going, not if we tried.’ MIRAGE: n. 1. An optical phenomenon that creates the illusion of water, often with inverted reflections of distant objects, and results from distortion of light by alternate layers of hot and cool air. Also called fata morgana. 2. Something illusory or insubstantial.Something he had not known was there rose in him and compelled him to make the point, loudly and again.

Simon stayed where he was, a small brown image, concealed by the leaves. Even if he shut his eyes the sow's head still remained like an after-image. The half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life. They assured Simon that everything was a bad business. Ralph surprised himself, not so much by the quality of his voice, which was even, but by the bravado of its intention. The beach near the bathing-pool was dotted with groups of boys waiting for the assembly. They made way for him silently, conscious of his grim mood and the fault at the fire. Lord of the Flies explores the dark side of humanity, the savagery that underlies even the most civilized human beings. William Golding intended this novel as a tragic parody of children's adventure tales, illustrating humankind's intrinsic evil nature. He presents the reader with a chronology of events leading a group of young boys from hope to disaster as they attempt to survive their uncivilized, unsupervised, isolated environment until rescued.INSCRUTABLE: adj. Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable. — inscrutability or inscrutableness n. — inscrutably adv. George Orwell's Animal Farm tops list of the nation's favourite books from school". The Independent. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019 . Retrieved 11 December 2019.