Background
The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island. He attempts to coordinate the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued. This character represents human beings’ civilizing instinct, as opposed to the savage instinct that Jack embodies.
Ralph
How did the children arrive at the island?
Their plane crashed.
What emotion causes civilization to fall apart on the island?
Fear
Who wrote Lord of the Flies?
William Golding
The novel’s antagonist, one of the older boys stranded on the island. He becomes the leader of the hunters but longs for total power and becomes increasingly wild, barbaric, and cruel as the novel progresses. This character, adept at manipulating the other boys, represents the instinct of savagery within human beings, as opposed to the civilizing instinct Ralph represents.
Jack
The name given to the sow’s head that Jack’s gang impales on a stake and erects in the forest as an offering to the “beast.”
Lord of the Flies
The novel suggests the the default of human nature is what?
Savagery and Chaos
Represents hope and salvation, but also destruction
fire
Lord of the Flies was inspired by this major historical event.
World War II
A shy, sensitive boy in the group. He, in some ways, is the only naturally “good” character on the island. He behaves kindly toward the younger boys and is willing to work for the good of their community. Moreover, because his motivation is rooted in his deep feeling of connectedness to nature, he is the only character whose sense of morality does not seem to have been imposed by society. This character represents a kind of natural goodness
Simon
The hunters use this to distinguish themselves from the rest of the children on the island.
War Paint
Jack convinces the other boys that the beast can do what?
Shapeshift into people and resurrect.
Represent fear and evil
the beast/Lord of the Flies
The author worked as a ________ before writing Lord of the Flies.
A Philosophy Teacher
Ralph’s “lieutenant.” A whiny, intellectual boy, his inventiveness frequently leads to innovation, such as the makeshift sundial that the boys use to tell time. This character represents the scientific, rational side of civilization
Piggy
What causes Ralph and Jack's groups to officially split?
Ralph claims that Jack was scared of the beast and that his hunters couldn't kill it. Jack calls a vote to replace Ralph and leaves when nobody votes with him.
The boy's savagery on the island is compared to what event occurring in the background?
Represent reason and science
Piggy's Glasses
Lord of the Flies was inspired by this children's adventure novel.
The Coral Island
Jack’s “lieutenant.” A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him.
Roger
What is the hunter's plan to catch Ralph?
They form a line and cross the island together. When this initially fails they set fire to his hiding place to flush him out.
Represents the hunter's separation and lack responsibility and community.
The war paint