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 Current Search - ought in Lord of the Flies
1  I ought to give up being chief.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
2  We ought to get some more wood.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
3  We know who ought to say things.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
4  "We ought to take spears," said Sam.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
5  You didn't ought to have let that fire out.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
6  That's a wound," said Simon, "and you ought to suck it.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees
7  But now the sun was slanting in at one side, so that the shadows were where they ought to be.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
8  I ought to be chief," said Jack with simple arrogance, "because I'm chapter chorister and head boy.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell
9  Then we'd be, you know, very solemn, and someone would say we ought to build a jet, or a submarine, or a TV set.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach