Symbolism
symbolizes civilized authority
Who is Ralph?
What is the conch?
He sharpens a stick at both ends.
Who is Roger?
What is throwing rocks?
"You're acting like a crowd of kids!"
Who is Piggy?
He is the author.
Who is William Golding?
symbolizes intellect and innovation
Who is Piggy?
What are Piggy's spectacles?
He suffers from asthma and myopia.
Who is Piggy?
Jack suggests using one of these for their hunting reenactments.
What is a littlun?
"I'm not going to play with you any longer."
Who is Jack?
The inhumanities of this event inspired the author.
What is World War II or the Holocaust?
symbolizes ambitious violence
Who is Jack?
He dies knowing the truth about the "beast."
Who is Simon?
This is the offering for the beast.
"Aren't you afraid of me?...I'm part of you."
Who is the Lord of the Flies?
The main theme of the book is these contrasting elements.
What is civilization versus savagery?
symbolizes malicious violence
Who is Roger?
He presumably dies in the first wildfire.
Who is the littlun with the mulberry birthmark?
This is the main source of food on the island.
What is fruit?
"When they find me, what are they going to do?"
Who is Ralph?
The book can be seen as this type of literature historically, religiously, or psychologically.
What is an allegory?
symbolizes innocence
Who is Simon?
Who are Simon and the dead parachutist?
They inadvertently signal for rescue with their savage fire.
Who are Jack's tribe?
"What have you been doing? Having a war or something?"
Who is the naval officer?
Because the characters mature through a loss of innocence, the book can also be considered this.
What is a bildungsroman?