Theme
How does Jack control the other boys?
Through fear and manipulation
A pair of twins closely allied with Ralph. Part of the group known as the “bigguns.” At the end of the novel, they fall victim to Jack’s manipulation and coercion.
Sam and Eric
Golding won a _____________ Prize in literature
Nobel Prize
The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island. _______ attempts to coordinate the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued.
Ralph
Short summary of chapter 3.
Jack fails to kill a pig. Ralph gets upset that the other boys are not helping build the shelters and do other important work around the camp. Simon leaves on his own to go to a secret thicket he found in the forest.
The novel suggests the the defects of society can be traced back to the defects of what?
Human Nature
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.” The Lord of the Flies comes to symbolize the primordial instincts of power and cruelty that take control of Jack’s tribe.
Lord of the Flies
William Golding taught _________ at a school for boys.
Classical Literature
The novel’s antagonist, one of the older boys stranded on the island. _____ becomes the leader of the hunters but longs for total power and becomes increasingly wild, barbaric, and cruel as the novel progresses.
Jack
Short summary of chapter 1.
we learn that children are stranded on an island as a result of a plane crash.
What does Golding constantly compare the boys to and why?
animals--to illustrate their savage/animalistic nature
A shy, sensitive boy in the group. ________, in some ways the only naturally “good” character on the island, behaves kindly toward the younger boys and is willing to work for the good of their community.
Simon
Who wrote Lord of the Flies?
William Golding
A littlun who has a nervous breakdown and is often picked on by the other littluns. He introduces the idea that the beast might arrive from the sea.
Percival
Short summary of chapter 4.
The boys are all falling into a routine on the island. A clear divide begins between the lives of the littluns, the younger boys, and the biguns, the older boys. Jack attempts to kill his first pig, and Ralph deals with the repercussions of his absence back at camp.
What makes the boy revert to an inferior state of life?
Savagery and fear
A bigun who becomes one of Jack's key supporters, accompanying him on the raids on Ralph's camp.
Maurice
William Golding was a member of the ___________ Navy
Royal Navy
Jack’s “lieutenant.” A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him.
Roger
Short summary of chapter 2.
Jack reminds Ralph of the pig they found trapped in the vines in the jungle, and Ralph agrees that they will need hunters to kill animals for meat. Ralph declares that, at meetings, the conch shell will be used to determine which boy has the right to speak.
According to the novel, what is man's natural state?
Cruel and savage-- animalistic
The younger boys who are among those marooned on the island. They are in the younger ages, about 6 and below. They have not yet transitioned into the older group which has its adventures with the older boys who become more savage as the novel goes on and Jack leads them
Littluns
The year Lord of the Flies was published
1954
Ralph’s “lieutenant.” A whiny, intellectual boy, ______’s inventiveness frequently leads to innovation, such as the makeshift sundial that the boys use to tell time.
Piggy
Short summary of chapter 5.
Ralph calls a meeting to set things straight. He reiterates the old rules and sets a new rule that fire can't be taken from the mountain. He then changes the topic to the beast. The meeting falls to pieces, and the boys break up.