Conflict
This is defined as the opposition of two or more characters or forces.
What is conflict?
This is a character who undergoes a change throughout the course of the story.
What is a dynamic character?
This is the central recurring idea of a work.
What is theme?
Although Don Quixote believes himself to be attacking a fierce giant, he in fact goes to battle against one of these.
What are windmills?
This is the first item Ralph and Piggy find on the island.
What is the conch?
What are man against man, himself, and a greater force?
This term describes a one-dimensional character about whom the reader learns very little.
What is a flat character?
These are ideas about life that can be understood by peoples of all times and places.
What are universal themes?
This is a person, place, thing, or idea that means something in addition to itself within a poem or story.
What is a symbol?
What is Castle Rock?
What is man against himself?
Like Phaethon, this is a protagonist whose suffering comes as a result of his own flaws?
What is a tragic hero?
These are themes that are not directly stated, but instead must be inferred by the reader analyzing the details of the story.
What are implicit themes?
This is the theme of "The Silver Mine."
What is "wealth has corrupting power?"
The breaking of this item symbolizes the breakdown of order and the boys' increasing descent into savagery.
What are Piggy's glasses?
The central character of a story is also known as this.
What is a protagonist?
What is a foil?
This is the simplest form of a theme.
What is a moral?
This character is the antagonist of "Top Man."
Who is Osborn?
The boys mistake this for the beast on the mountain.
What is a dead parachutist?
This occurs between a character and his own thoughts, beliefs, and emotions.
What is internal conflict?
These are the three primary methods of character revelation in a story.
What are action, dialogue, and description?
A reader should analyze these two elements of a work to find its theme.
What are its characters and conflicts?
These particular character traits led to Phaethon's downfall.
What are pride and rashness?
This object serves as a symbol of hope throughout the development of the novel.
What is the fire?