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 Current Search - Echoes in Lord of the Flies
1  As the echoes died away so did the laughter, and there was silence.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
2  Ralph shouted experimentally and they listened to the muted echoes.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
3  Ralph let out his spare breath with a little gasp that was echoed by his audience.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
4  The shivering, silvery, unreal laughter of the savages sprayed out and echoed away.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
5  For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
6  A single sea bird flapped upwards with a hoarse cry that was echoed presently, and something squawked in the forest.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
7  A deep, harsh note boomed under the palms, spread through the intricacies of the forest and echoed back from the pink granite of the mountain.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
8  The group in front of him shifted and laughter shivered outwards from among them, light, excited laughter that went echoing among the tall rocks.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
9  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
10  Echoes and birds flew, white and pink dust floated, the forest further down shook as with the passage of an enraged monster: and then the island was still.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
11  He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
12  Only when Jack himself roused a gaudy bird from a primitive nest of sticks was the silence shattered and echoes set ringing by a harsh cry that seemed to come out of the abyss of ages.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach