Characters
Plot
Symbols
Allegory
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100
This character has the idea of using a conch as an instrument.
Who is Piggy?
100
This is what caused the boys to be on the island.
What is a plane crash/war?
100
This is a symbol of order and democracy.
What is the conch?
100
This represents the world as a whole.
What is the island?
100
Simon is intended to represent this biblical character.
What is Jesus Christ?
200
This is the character who is appointed leader of the choir.
Who is Jack?
200
This is the cause of the first fatality on the island.
What is a forest fire?
200
This is a symbol of hope and survival.
What is fire?
200
Ralph and Piggy's tribe best represents a ________ society.
What is free or democratic?
200
In accordance with Freudian psychology, Piggy represents this aspect of the human mind.
What is the superego?
300
This is the first character to die in the book.
Who is the littlun with the birthmark?
300
At the beginning of the book, this was the main type of food available.
What is fruit?
300
This is a symbol of the destruction of man and technology.
What is the scar?
300
Jack's tribe best represents a __________ government?
What is Communist/Fascist?
300
The fall of mankind is best represented by this.
What is the dead parachutist?
400
This character recognizes that the beast isn't any actual being; rather, it is the possibility of evil in the heart of men.
Who is Simon?
400
The beast on the mountain is actually this.
What is a dead parachutist?
400
These are a symbol of insight and intelligence.
What are Piggy's glasses?
400
In accordance with Freudian psychology, Jack best represents this aspect of the human psyche.
What is the id?
400
In accordance with Freudian psychology, Ralph best represents this aspect of the human mind.
What is the ego?
500
This is the only character who commits murder on his own in the book.
Who is Roger?
500
Roger intends to do this to Ralph after he kills him.
What is cut off his head and put it on a stake?
500
This is a symbol of the evil that resides in everyone or the dark side of human nature.
What is the beast?
500
The title Lord of the Flies is derived from this Hebrew word which means devil.
What is Beelzebub?
500
When looking at the book in terms of religious allegory, Jack and Ralph seem to represent these two biblical characters.
Who are Cain and Abel?
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