People
He is elected chief at the start of the novel.
Who is Ralph?
This represents order, leadership, and civilization.
What is the conch?
This character tells the group “Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us.”
Who is Simon?
These three originally climb the mountain and realize that they are on an island.
Who are Ralph, Jack, and Simon?
This theme is shown through the boys' gradual loss of rules and order.
What is the loss of civilization and/or savagery?
He is the first character Ralph meets on the island.
Who is Piggy?
These represent the group's disinterest in working together as a community.
What are the huts on the beach?
This character tells Ralph "I thought I might kill."
Who is Jack?
This event brought the boys to the island.
What is a plane crash?
Golding suggests this darkness exists naturally inside all humans.
What is savagery or evil?
Jack was the leader of this group before coming to the island.
What is the choir?
This represents the boys' desire for rescue.
What is the signal fire?
This character tells Ralph "He hates you too."
Who is Piggy?
This weather punctuates Simon's death.
What is a thunderstorm?
Ralph struggles to maintain this system throughout the novel.
What is democracy or civilization?
This hunter is a less-cruel version of Roger.
Who is Maurice?
This stylisitic choice represents the boys' fall towards savagery.
What is face paint?
This character tells Simon "We shall do you you...Jack and Roger and Maurice and Robert and Bill and Piggy and Ralph."
Who is the Lord of the Flies.
Roger used this to drop the boulder that kills Piggy.
What is a lever?
Roger wields this specific type of power at the end of the novel.
What is physical force?
The man who saves Ralph at the end of the novel is from this military group.
What is the British navy?
The logs in this location are set up in a triangle and represent the instability of the boys' community.
What is the platform?
He suggests the next time the boys do their pig ritual dance they should "Use a littlun."
Who is Jack?
This character most likely started the fire that leads to the boys' rescue.
Who is Roger?
This type of stick shows the boys' complete fall into savagery.
What is a stick sharpened on both ends?