Ralph & the Hunters
Ralph feels this "frightening" emotion immediately after hitting the boar with his spear.
What is excitement/pride?
The hunters leave the sow's head on a stick as an offering to this.
What is the Beast?
Ralph, Jack, and Roger see this "creature" on the mountain and mistake it for the Beast.
What is the dead parachutist?
This character is killed by the group at the end of Chapter 9.
Who is Simon?
This character calls the assembly in Chapter 8 to challenge Ralph’s leadership, eventually leading to the group splitting.
Who is Jack?
The way the boys kill the sow shows they are no longer hunting for food, but are now doing this.
What is enjoying causing pain?
While the others feast, Simon wakes from a faint and moves in this physical way because he is weak.
What is crawling/staggering?
The boys kill Simon because they are caught up in this "mentality."
What is mob mentality?
When no one votes Ralph out, Jack does this to start his own group.
What is leaving/asking others to join him?
The Lord of the Flies tells Simon that he should go back and play, or else this will happen.
What is the other boys will "do" him/kill him?
Simon discovers this "good news" that he plans to share with the rest of the boys. Simon discovers this "good news" that he plans to share with the rest of the boys.
What is that the beast is just a dead pilot/man?
In the confusion of the storm and the dance, the boys mistake Simon for this.
What is the Beast?
Jack’s tribe invites Ralph’s group to their side of the island for this specific reason.
What is to attend a feast/eat meat?
The Lord of the Flies threatens to tell the other boys that Simon is this.
What is "batty"?
This character has an "internal" conversation with the Lord of the Flies in the clearing.
Who is Simon?
Golding uses this specific metaphor to describe the circle of dancing boys as they attack.
What is a "beast" (or a single organism) and/or a horseshoe?
Golding suggests that evil in society isn't a "beast," but can be traced back to this.
What is the individual / human nature?
These are the "implications" or consequences of the sadistic hurt Jack’s tribe engages in.
What is the loss of civilization / descent into savagery or the physical creation of the lord of the flies?
Simon finds the courage to continue toward the mountain because he wants to do this.
What is find the truth / free the figure from the lines?
After he dies, Simon is compared to this religious figure because of the symbolic imagery of light.
What is a Christ-like figure?