All 5 Uses of
therefore
in
Lord of the Flies
- They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so full that hope was not necessary and therefore forgotten.†
p. 58.2 *therefore = for that reason
- He gave orders, sang, whistled, threw remarks at the silent Ralph—remarks that did not need an answer, and therefore could not invite a snub; and still Ralph was silent.†
p. 73.0
- They worked therefore with great energy and cheerfulness, though as time crept by there was a suggestion of panic in the energy and hysteria in the cheerfulness.†
p. 130.4
- He walked between the trailing butts, therefore, the conch held carefully between his two hands.†
p. 173.8
- Then there was that indefinable connection between himself and Jack; who therefore would never let him alone; never.†
p. 184.5
Definition:
for that reason (what follows is so because of what was just said)