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 Current Search - darkness in Lord of the Flies
1  Ralph peered into the darkness under the trees.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
2  Behind this was the darkness of the forest proper and the open space of the scar.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
3  A thin wail out of the darkness chilled them and set them grabbing for each other.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
4  On two sides was the beach; behind, the lagoon; in front, the darkness of the island.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
5  The three boys stood in the darkness, striving unsuccessfully to convey the majesty of adult life.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
6  There was a long pause while the assembly grinned at the thought of anyone going out in the darkness.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
7  There was a sudden bright explosion and corkscrew trail across the sky; then darkness again and stars.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
8  In the darkness of early morning there were noises by a rock a little way down the side of the mountain.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
9  At last the way to the top looked like a scramble over pink rock, with no more plunging through darkness.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
10  He passed like a shadow under the darkness of the tree and crouched, looking down at the trodden ground at his feet.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach
11  The twins shared their identical laughter, then remembered the darkness and other things and glanced round uneasily.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
12  A flurry of wind made the palms talk and the noise seemed very loud now that darkness and silence made it so noticeable.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
13  Then the creature stepped from mirage on to clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
14  The boy himself came forward, vaulted on to the platform with his cloak flying, and peered into what to him was almost complete darkness.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
15  When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher and soon the shelters were full of restlessness, under the remote stars.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
16  The slope of the bars of honey-colored sunlight decreased; they slid up the bushes, passed over the green candle-like buds, moved up toward the canopy, and darkness thickened under the trees.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach
17  Eric watched the scurrying woodlice that were so frantically unable to avoid the flames, and thought of the first fire--just down there, on the steeper side of the mountain, where now was complete darkness.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
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