Characters
This boy is elected leader of the group in Chapter 1.
Who is Ralph?
This is used to call meetings and represents authority and order.
What is the conch shell?
In Chapter 1, Jack cannot bring himself to kill the pig for this psychological reason.
What is hesitation?
Jack’s impulsive desire to hunt and dominate represents this Freudian component.
What is the Id?
Golding uses this literary device when the plane crash scar on the island previews the destruction the boys will eventually cause.
What is foreshadowing?
This intelligent but physically weak boy owns the glasses used to start the signal fire.
Who is Piggy?
This object belonging to Piggy is used to light the signal fire.
What are Piggy’s glasses?
Ralph breaks convention by calling an assembly at this unusual time in Chapter 5, signaling the gravity of their situation.
What is evening (dusk)?
Jack's face paint functions as this Jungian concept, liberating his savage Shadow impulses.
What is the persona?
The novel is best described as this type of extended narrative metaphor, where the island society stands in for broader human civilization.
What is an allegory?
This choir leader becomes obsessed with hunting pigs.
Who is Jack?
This represents hope for rescue but also destructive power when mishandled.
What is the fire?
When a ship passes in Chapter 4 without seeing them, Ralph directs his fury at this person for letting the signal fire die.
Who is Jack?
Roger's deliberate near-miss stone-throws at Henry illustrate the tension between these two Freudian structures.
What is the id vs. superego?
When the boys refuse to believe the beast might be real, they use this coping mechanism.
What is denial?
This quiet boy often helps the littluns and senses deeper truths about the island.
Who is Simon?
This mysterious creature symbolizes the boys’ inner darkness.
What is the beast?
In Chapter 6, the boys explore this fortress-like formation that Jack later claims as his stronghold?
What is Castle Rock?
Simon’s compassion toward the littluns and his sensitivity to nature reflect emotional awareness and empathy, qualities connected to this Jungian archetype representing the inner feminine side of the psyche in males.
What is the Anima?
Piggy's constant appeals to rules and adult logic in an increasingly lawless world illustrate this defense mechanism.
What is Intellectualization?
This group of children frequently fears the mysterious beast.
Who are the littluns?
This mark across the island created by the crash symbolizes human destruction of nature.
What is the scar?
In Chapter 6, Samneric mistake this fallen war casualty for the beast on the mountain.
What is the dead parachutist?
Simon’s realization that the beast may exist within the boys suggests a moment of psychological insight toward integrating the conscious and unconscious mind, which Jung describes as this archetype.
What is the Self?
The littluns' nightmares (fear breaking through) combined with their daytime denial represent these two coping mechanisms operating simultaneously.
What are Repression and Denial?