Your Questions About Gardening

GardenersCardiff answers:

–Quote 1: “‘I don’t care what [you] call me so long as…[it’s not] what they used to call me in school…They used to call me Piggy!'” Chapter 1, pg. 11
–Quote 2: “[There was] something dark…fumbling along….The creature was a party of boys, marching approximately in…two parallel lines….” Chapter 1, pg. 18
–Quote 3: “[Jack was] tall, thin, and bony…his hair was red beneath the black cap. His face was…freckled, and ugly without silliness.” Chapter 1, pg. 19
–Quote 4: “‘You’re no good on a job like this.'” Chapter 1, pg. 22
–Quote 5: “Ralph sat on a fallen trunk, his left side to the sun. On his right were most of the choir; on his left the larger boys who had not known each other before…before him small children squatted in the grass.” Chapter 2, pg. 30

–Quote 6: “‘Have you got any matches?'” Chapter 2, pg. 38

–Quote 7: “‘We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything.'” Chapter 2, pg. 40
–Quote 8: “‘You got your small fire all right.'” Chapter 2, pg. 41
–Quote 9: “[Jack] tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.” Chapter 3, pg. 47
–Quote 10: “Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found for [the littluns] the fruit they could not reach…[and] passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands.” Chapter 3, pg. 51

Quote 11: “The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers….Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.” Chapter 3, pg. 52

Quote 12: “[T]here was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which [Roger] dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life.” Chapter 4, pg. 56

Quote 14: “[The hunters’ thoughts were] crowded with memories…of the knowledge… That they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.” Chapter 4, pp. 63-4

Quote 16: “Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains. Ralph was a specialist in thought now, and could recognize thought in another.” Chapter 5, pg. 71

Quote 17: “‘Life…is scientific….I know there isn’t no beast…but I know there isn’t no fear, either….Unless we get frightened of people.'” Chapter 5, pg. 76

Quote 18: “‘[F]ear 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!” Chapter 5, pg. 75

Quote 20: “‘Maybe there is a beast….maybe it’s only us.'” Chapter 5, pg. 80

Quote 21: “The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.” Chapter 5, pg. 82

Quote 22: “Even the sounds of nightmare from the other shelters no longer reached him, for he was back to where came from, feeding the ponies with sugar over the garden wall.” Chapter 6, pg. 89

Quote 23: “[Simon saw] the picture of a human at once heroic and sick….Other people could stand up and speak to an assembly…without…the pressure of personality; could say what they would as though they were speaking to only one person.” Chapter 6, pg. 93

Quote 25: “‘I’m chief. We’ve got to make certain [that there is no beast]….There’s no signal showing! There may be a ship out there.'” Chapter 6, pg 98

Quote 26: “‘You’ll get back to where you came from.'” Chapter 7, pg. 100

Quote 27: “‘Kill the pig! Cut his throat! Kill the pig! Bash him in!'” Chapter 7, pg. 104

Quote 31: “Ralph…would treat the day’s decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.” Chapter 7, pg. 106

Quote 32: “‘[Ralph is] like Piggy….He says things like Piggy. He isn’t a proper chief.'” Chapter 8, pg. 115

Quote 33: “Piggy was…so full of pride in his contribution to the good of society, that he helped to fetch wood.” Chapter 8, pg. 118

Quote 35: “‘This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.'” Chapter 8, pg. 124

Quote 37: “‘You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?'” Chapter 8, pg. 130

GardenersCardiff answers:

The quote is comparing the patients in the hospital to plants in a garden. The patients are in a comatose state, so all the staff does is feed and water them…like you would a garden.

GardenersCardiff answers:

The best fertilizer is the footprint of the gardener. – Anon.
Good for you for doing this for your Mom.