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 beach?
The conch shell
This character represents/symbolizes man's innate goodness
What is Simon
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?
The dead pilot/ parachutists
Who does this quote discuss?
"But they could never manage to do things sensibly if that meant acting independently"
What is Samneric
"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).
What is hyperbole
Symbolism
These are long plants or vines that grow along the ground or up walls on trees
What is Creepers
This is the first thing Jack's tribe stole from Ralph and Piggy
What is the survival knife
"The darkness seemed to flow round them like a tide." What literary element is used here?
Simile
This person threw a boulder and killed Piggy
What is Roger
What is the theme that Golding wants us to understand about man
What is man returns to their primitive nature when rules and order are no longer present
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.