RALPH in Classic Quotes

1  You should have been with us, Ralph.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

2  Laughing, Ralph looked for confirmation round the ring of faces.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

3  Then to his surprise, Ralph went to Piggy and took the glasses from him.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

4  Doubtfully, Ralph laid the small end of the shell against his mouth and blew.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

5  They were silent again: Simon intent, Ralph incredulous and faintly indignant.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach

6  Tacitly admitting that he remembered the unmentionable, Ralph nodded to Piggy.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water

7  But for the sense of something watching them, Ralph would have shouted at him.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air

8  Now the shell was no longer a thing seen but not to be touched, Ralph too became excited.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

9  "You couldn't have a beastie, a snake-thing, on an island this size," Ralph explained kindly.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

10  Ceremonially, Ralph laid the conch on the trunk beside him as a sign that the speech was over.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water

11  Immured in these tangles, at perhaps their most difficult moment, Ralph turned with shining eyes to the others.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

12  Even while he blew, Ralph noticed the last pair of bodies that reached the platform above a fluttering patch of black.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

13  With a feeling of humiliation on Simon's behalf, Ralph took back the conch, looking Simon sternly in the face as he did so.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water

14  Startled, Ralph realized that the boys were falling still and silent, feeling the beginnings of awe at the power set free below them.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

15  The conch was silent, a gleaming tusk; Ralph's face was dark with breathlessness and the air over the island was full of bird-clamor and echoes ringing.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

16  When they had understood what made this ghostly noise and Percival was quiet again, Ralph and Simon picked him up unhandily and carried him to a shelter.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air

17  With a convulsion of the mind, Ralph discovered dirt and decay, understood how much he disliked perpetually flicking the tangled hair out of his eyes, and at last, when the sun was gone, rolling noisily to rest among dry leaves.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water