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 Current Search - understood in Lord of the Flies
1  Roger understood and nodded gravely.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FOUR Painted Faces and Long Hair
2  Ralph considered this and understood.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
3  He crawled forward and soon he understood.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER NINE A View to a Death
4  He held the shell up instead and showed it to them and they understood.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
5  When he understood how far Ralph had gone toward accepting him he flushed pinkly with pride.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
6  They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER ELEVEN Castle Rock
7  He looked round in inquiry to make sure that everyone understood and the other boys nodded at him.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
8  Then for the first time he saw how few biguns there were and understood why the work had been so hard.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER EIGHT Gift for the Darkness
9  He had learnt as a practical business that fundamental statements like this had to be said at least twice, before everyone understood them.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water
10  When they had understood what made this ghostly noise and Percival was quiet again, Ralph and Simon picked him up unhandily and carried him to a shelter.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER SIX Beast from Air
11  With a convulsion of the mind, Ralph discovered dirt and decay, understood how much he disliked perpetually flicking the tangled hair out of his eyes, and at last, when the sun was gone, rolling noisily to rest among dry leaves.
Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Context   In CHAPTER FIVE Beast from Water