Characters
Who are the first two characters introduced?
Ralph and Piggy
How did the boys end up on the island?
Their plane was shot down
What mood does the following quote create? “The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers glimmering under the light that pricked down from the first stars. Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island.”
Calm, peaceful
What is the scar?
The trench made by the airplane crashing
"The conch doesn't count on the top of the mountain...so you shut up!"
Jack
What is Jack obsessed with?
Hunting
What are the littlun's afraid of?
The beastie
"The darkness seemed to flow round them like a tide." What literary element is used here?
Simile
What is stolen from Piggy toward the end of the novel?
His glasses
"Like kids...acting like a crowd of kids!"
Piggy
Ralph
What was Ralph doing while Jack hunted?
Building shelters
What is the conch shell a symbol of?
Order, civilization
What was the beast from the air?
"You talk. But you can't even build huts--then you got off hunting and let out the fire--"
Ralph
Who faints at the first assembly?
Simon
Why does Piggy feel betrayed by Ralph in Chapter 1?
Ralph tells Jack what Piggy's nickname is
Who/what is the Lord of the Flies in the novel?
The pig head
Why did Jack light the forest on fire toward the end of the novel?
To flush out Ralph so his tribe can hunt him.
Identify the speaker: "The first rhythm that they became used to was the slow swing from dawn to quick dusk."
Narrator
What mean thing does Roger do to a littlun' who was sitting on the sand?
Why does Simon return to the beach?
To tell the boys about the dead pilot
Why is the fire at the end of the book ironic?
What happened to the littlun' with the red birthmark?
He probably died in the first forest fire
Identify the speaker: “Well then, you’d better run off and play with the others. They think you’re batty. You don’t want Ralph to think you’re batty, do you?"
Lord of the Flies