Vocabulary
"He turned half toward him, clutching the conch to his brown chest." This is the definition of clutching.
What is to hold something very tightly?
This symbol of government and civilization is shattered when Piggy dies.
What is the conch?
This character eventually breaks away from the main group and forms his own tribe.
Who is Jack?
In the first ever assembly on the island, the boys decide this.
What is to elect Ralph as chief?
"I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs."
Who is Jack?
"You're hindering Ralph. You're not letting him get to the most important thing." This is the definition of hindering.
What is to make it difficult for someone to do something?
Piggy's glasses are a symbol of this.
What is intelligence?
This character often goes off alone and suffers from fits where he passes out.
Who is Simon?
When Roger rolls a boulder off the top of castle rock, it leads to these 2 things.
What are Piggy's death and the shattering of the conch?
"That was Simon. That was murder."
Who is Ralph?
"bird droppings, insects perhaps, any of the strewn detritus of landward life." This is the definition of strewn.
What is laid around messily?
This is a symbol of hope.
What is the signal fire?
This character becomes known for his enjoyment of hurting others.
Who is Roger?
When Jack and his hunters are off killing their first pig, Ralph realizes this.
What is there is a ship and the fire is out?
"I don't ask you to be a sport, I'll say, not because you're strong, but because what's right's right."
Who is Piggy?
"He spun on his heel, center of a bewildered circle of boys." This is the definition of bewildered.
What is very confused?
This is what the face paint symbolizes, beyond just savagery.
What is a way to hide who you are and escape your conscience?
We never find out this character's real name.
Who is Piggy?
When Jack and his hunters kill the sow, he decides to do this afterwards, using fear as a weapon of control.
What is, put the pig's head on a stick as an offering to the beast?
"You'll get back to where you came from... You'll get back all right."
Who is Simon?
"a somber noise across which the ululations were scribbled excruciatingly as on slate." This is the definition of excruciatingly.
What is in a way that causes a lot of pain?
This is what the beast really symbolizes.
What is the evil in every person?
This character disappears in the first forest fire.
Who is the littlun with the birthmark on his face?
When Jack and Roger torture Samneric, they find out this.
What is Ralph's hiding place?
"You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close close! I'm the reason why it's no go?"
What is the pig head/the lord of the flies?