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 Current Search - directness in Lord of the Flies
1  Piggy was looking in the right direction now.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
2  Piggy peered in the general direction of Ralph.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
3  The intensity of Eric's gaze made the direction in which he looked terrible, for Sam had his back to it.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
4  The savage, whoever he was, ululated twice; and the cry was repeated in both directions, then died away.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters
5  He jerked his head in the direction of the distant shelters where a thread of white smoke climbed up the sky.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TEN The Shell and the Glasses
6  If we see a ship out there"--they followed the direction of his bony arm with their eyes--"we'll put green branches on.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain
7  Under Ralph's direction, they picked up a careful way along the palm terrace, rather than dare the hot sand down by the water.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
8  Better Piggy than Fatty," he said at last, with the directness of genuine leadership, "and anyway, I'm sorry if you feel like that.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
9  Only sometimes as he lifted the ropes of creeper aside and chose his direction from the trend of the land, he mouthed words that did not reach the air.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death
10  When Henry tired of his play and wandered off along the beach, Roger followed him, keeping beneath the palms and drifting casually in the same direction.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
11  All at once the lights flickering ahead of him merged together, the roar of the forest rose to thunder and a tall bush directly in his path burst into a great fan-shaped flame.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters