PIGS 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  We're going to hunt pigs to get meat for everybody.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWO Fire on the Mountain

4  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

5  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

6  "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

7  The pigs lay, bloated bags of fat, sensuously enjoying the shadows under the trees.

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

8  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

9  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

10  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

11  A herd of pigs came squealing out of the greenery behind the savage and rushed away into the forest.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER TWELVE Cry of the Hunters

12  The tendril was polished on the underside; pigs, passing through the loop, brushed it with their bristly hide.

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

13  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

14  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

15  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

16  But when he says there's only pigs on this island I expect he's right but he doesn't know, not really, not certainly I mean-- Maurice took a breath.

Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water

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