PIG in Classic Quotes

1  He laid a hand on the pig and drew his knife.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

2  "You should stick a pig," said Ralph fiercely.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

3  Jack went very red as he hacked and pulled at the pig.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

4  The pattering of pig's trotters died away in the distance.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER THREE Huts on the Beach

5  "I cut the pig's throat," said Jack, proudly, and yet twitched as he said it.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

6  The twins stood with the pig swinging between them, dropping black gouts on the rock.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

7  Boys flung themselves wildly from the pig track and scrabbled in the creepers, screaming.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees

8  Soon some of the boys were rushing down the slope for more wood while Jack hacked the pig.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

9  The pig's head hung down with gaping neck and seemed to search for something on the ground.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

10  Almost at once Jack found the dung and scattered roots that told of pig and soon the track was fresh.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness

11  The gutted carcass of a pig swung from the stake, swinging heavily as the twins toiled over the uneven ground.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

12  Then there was a creature bounding along the pig track toward him, with tusks gleaming and an intimidating grunt.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows and Tall Trees

13  They tried holding the whole carcass on a stake over the fire, but the stake burnt more quickly than the pig roasted.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

14  Then Maurice pretended to be the pig and ran squealing into the center, and the hunters, circling still, pretended to beat him.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair

15  The drove of pigs started up; and at a range of only ten yards the wooden spears with fire-hardened points flew toward the chosen pig.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness

16  There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ONE The Sound of the Shell

17  His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair