Symbolism
Quotes
Plot
Characters
Miscellaneous
100
Symbolizes democracy and rules
What is THE CONCH?
100
He is described in the following passage: “It was an accident . . . that’s what it was. An accident. . . . Coming in the dark—he hadn’t no business crawling like that out of the dark. He was batty. He asked for it.”
Who is SIMON?
100
The main diet of the boys when they first land on the island
What is FRUIT?
100
This character is concerned with creating a list of all the children
Who is PIGGY?
100
The circumstances that have brought the kids to the island
What is A PLANE CRASH?
200
Symbolizes intelligence
What are PIGGY'S GLASSES?
200
He says the following: "I’m going to go to him with this conch in my hands. I’m going to hold it out. Look, I’m goin’ to say, you’re stronger than I am and you haven’t got asthma. You can see, I’m goin’ to say, and with both eyes. But I don’t ask you to be a sport, I’ll say, not because you’re strong, but because what’s right’s right. Give me my glasses, I’m going to say—you got to!"
Who is PIGGY?
200
The first “littlun” to tell the boys about the “beastie”
Who is the boy with the mulberry birthmark?
200
The four main characters of the novel
Who are RALPH, PIGGY, JACK and SIMON?
200
The author of Lord of the Flies
Who is William Golding?
300
Symbolizes anarchy and savagery
Who is JACK?
300
He says, “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?”
Who is THE LORD OF THE FLIES?
300
The nationality of the boys
What is BRITISH?
300
Emerges as the leader at the beginning of the novel
Who is RALPH?
300
The time period the book is set in
What is AFTER WWII?
400
Symbolizes fear and the unknown
What is THE BEAST?
400
He says, “We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?”
Who is THE NAVAL OFFICER?
400
The item desired by the savages when the raid Ralph's hut
What are PIGGY'S GLASSES?
400
This character murdered Piggy and threw rocks at littluns
Who is ROGER?
400
The place Jack's tribe claims as their own
What is CASTLE ROCK?
500
Symbolizes hope, but also destruction
What is FIRE?
500
Says, “Honest, Ralph, you’d better go. . . You got to go because it’s not safe. . . [Y]ou got to go for your own good. They hate you, Ralph."
Who is SAMNERIC?
500
How Simon died
What is KILLED BY THE BOYS AT JACK'S FEAST
500
A spiritual figure in the novel
Who is SIMON?
500
The next novel we are reading in Community and the Individual
What is TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD?
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