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All at once he found he could talk fluently and explain what he had to say . He passed a hand through his fair hair and spoke. The vivid horror of this, so possible and so nakedly terrifying, held them all silent. The child’s voice went piping on from behind the white conch.
Simon's head was tilted slightly up. His eyes could not break away and the Lord of the Flies hung in space before him. CROON: v. crooned, crooning, croons. — intr. 1. To hum or sing softly. 2. To sing popular songs in a soft, sentimental manner. 3. Scots. To roar or bellow. — tr. 1. To sing softly or in a humming way. — croon n. A soft singing or humming. — crooner n. Ralph was annoyed and, for the moment, defeated. He felt himself facing something ungraspable. The eyes that looked so intently at him were without humor.
Lord of the Flies presents a view of humanity unimaginable before the horrors of Nazi Europe, and then plunges into speculations about mankind in the state of nature. Bleak and specific, but universal, fusing rage and grief, Lord of the Flies is both a novel of the 1950s, and for all time. His speech made, he allowed Piggy to lift the conch out of his hands. Then he retired and sat as far away from the others as possible. IRIDESCENT: adj. Abbr. irid. 1. Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors. 2. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance. — iridescently adv. TREMULOUS: adj. 1. Marked by trembling, quivering, or shaking. 2. Timid or fearful; timorous. — tremulously adv. — tremulousness n. Orange Mouse Theatricals to stage re-imagined 'Lord of the Flies' with an all-female twist". LJWorld.com.
He looked expectantly at the boys ranged round, who had frozen. Under the palms there was deadly silence. Now we come to the most important thing. I’ve been thinking. I was thinking while we were climbing the mountain.” He flashed a conspiratorial grin at the other two. “And on the beach just now. This is what I thought. We want to have fun. And we want to be rescued.” SPOUT: v. spouted, spouting, spouts. — intr. 1. To gush forth in a rapid stream or in spurts. 2. To discharge a liquid or other substance continuously or in spurts. 3. Informal. To speak volubly and tediously. — tr. 1. To cause to flow or spurt out. 2. To utter volubly and tediously. 3. Chiefly British. To pawn. — spout n. 1. A tube, mouth, or pipe through which liquid is released or discharged. 2. A continuous stream of liquid. 3. The burst of spray from the blowhole of a whale. 4. Chiefly British. A pawnshop. — spouter n. SCOWL: v. scowled, scowling, scowls. — intr. 1. To wrinkle or contract the brow as an expression of anger or disapproval. — tr. 1. To express with a frowning facial expression. –scowl n. A look of anger or frowning disapproval. –scowler n. –scowlingly adv. We have lots of assemblies. Everybody enjoys speaking and being together. We decide things. But they don't get done. We were going to have water brought from the stream and left in those coco-nut shells under fresh leaves. So it was, for a few days. Now there's no water. The shells are dry. People drink from the river."
HEED: v. heeded, heeding, heeds. — tr. 1. To pay attention to; listen to and consider. — intr. 1. To pay attention. — heed n. Close attention; notice. OFFICIOUS: adj. 1. Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others. 2. Informal; unofficial. 3. Archaic. Eager to render services or help others. — officiously adv. — officiousness n. He knelt down again and was busy with his knife. The boys crowded round him. He spoke over his shoulder to Roger. For now the littluns were no longer silent. They were reminded of their personal sorrows; and perhaps felt themselves to share in a sorrow that was universal. They began to cry in sympathy, two of them almost as loud as Percival.
OPPRESSIVE: adj. 1. Difficult to bear; burdensome. 2. Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical. 3. Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit. — oppressively adv. — oppressiveness n.Wave after wave, Ralph followed the rise and fall until something of the remoteness of the sea numbed his brain. Then gradually the almost infinite size of this water forced itself on his attention. This was the divider, the barrier. On the other side of the island, swathed at midday with mirage, defended by the shield of the quiet lagoon, one might dream of rescue; but here, faced by the brute obtuseness of the ocean, the miles of division, one was clamped down, one was helpless, one was condemned, one was— But s’pose they don’t make sense? Not here, on this island? Supposing things are watching us and waiting?”
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