Lord of the Flies
Who are the first 2 characters introduced?
Ralph and Piggy
How did the boys end up on the island?
Their plane was shot down
Ralph
What do they boys use to light a fire?
Piggy's glasses
What is Jack obsessed with?
Hunting
What is the scar?
The trench made by the airplane crashing
What are the littlun's afraid of?
The beastie
Who/what is the Lord of the Flies in the novel?
The pig head
What do Piggy and Ralph find at the lagoon?
The conch shell
The imagery of a fallen parachutist controlled by strings like a puppet and a victim of war is part of LOTFs
Political Allegory
What happened to the littlun' with the red birthmark?
He probably died in the first forest fire
What was Ralph doing while Jack hunted?
Building shelters
What does Jack do to his face?
He paints it
What was the beast from the air?
Analyzing the political allegory, Samn'Eric can most accurately represent:
Conformists
"We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?" (207)
Irony
Why does Piggy feel betrayed by Ralph in Chapter 1?
Ralph tells Jack what Piggy's nickname is
What literary device is: "...but on the other the fire thrust out a savage arm of heat that crinkled hair on the instant" (41).
personification
What literary term/device is: "the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist" (209).
Symbolism
"Ralph found he was able to measure the distance coldly take aim. With the boar only five yards away, he flung the foolish wooden stick that he carried, saw it hit the great snout and hange there for a moment...Ralph was full of fright and apprehension and pride. 'I hit him! The spear stuck in-- "
Loss of innocence
William Golding wrote of the novel as a warning to world leaders during ______.
Cold War
"The darkness seemed to flow round them like a tide." What literary element is used here?
Simile
This experiment found that 65% of participants followed the "authority figure" in the room and shocked to the maximum level.
During the Cold War which two countries engaged in proxy wars and who are their corresponding LOTF characters?
The U.S. (Ralph) and the Soviet Union (Jack)
How does the “beast” operate as an allegorical symbol, and what does it reveal about fear and the darkness within human beings?
The “beast” symbolizes the inner evil and fear that exist within all humans.