LOTF-Ch9-Passages

 Passage 1 Passage 2 Passage 3 Passage 4

**Passage 1 Top Analysis
 * "[The boys] found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society. They were glad to touch the brown backs of the fence that hemmed in the terror [of the makeshift beast] and made it governable." Chapter 9, pg. 138

**Passage 2 Top Analysis
 * "There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws." Chapter 9, pg. 139

**Passage 3 Top Analysis
 * "The water rose farther and dressed Simon's coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble." Chapter 9, pg. 140

**Passage 4 Top Analysis
 * "[S]urrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea." Chapter 9, pg. 140