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1  Ralph screamed, a scream of fright and anger and desperation.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters
2  "If only they could get a message to us," cried Ralph desperately.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
3  At last he found what seemed to him the right place, though the decision was desperate.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters
4  He did desperate violence to his naked body among the rasping creepers so that blood was sliding over him.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
5  He swung to the right, running desperately fast, with the heat beating on his left side and the fire racing forward like a tide.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters
6  Another voice told him not to be a fool; and the darkness and desperate enterprise gave the night a kind of dentist's chair unreality.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
7  Below him someone's legs were getting tired and the desperate ululation advanced like a jagged fringe of menace and was almost overhead.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters