Lord of the Flies Quotes
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"…fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island . . . Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!"
Context
We're in Chapter 5 of Lord of the Flies, and Jack is being Mr. Sensitive again.
Also...he's wrong: fear can hurt you; and there are beasts on the island.
Where you've heard it
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Or so we hear. Apparently Jack disagrees. Hmmm, who should we trust: Jack or FDR?
Tough call.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
It wouldn't be so pretentious if he weren't so, so wrong.