Symbols/Allegory
"...I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it when he's speaking,".
What is Order/Law?
A shell used by the boys
What is Conch?
"I ought to be chief... because I’m chapter chorister and head boy."
Who is Jack?
A common practice to ensure the safety of children in WWII
What are Evacuations?
"I ought to be chief," said Jack with simple arrogance, "because I'm chapter chorister and head boy."
What is Power?
"His specs—use them as burning glasses!".
What is Intelligence?
Rock formation like a wall
What is Bastion?
"We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting."
Who is Piggy?
Typically allowed families to have an "easier" time during the war
What is money/status?
"I cut the pig's throat... proudly and yet twitched as he said it"
What is Loss of Innocence?
"There’s another thing. We can help them to find us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire,".
What is Hope or Destruction?
A very large sea monster
What is Leviathan?
"Don’t you want to be rescued? All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!"
Who is Ralph?
After WWII people lived in constant fear of this thing
What is Cold War/Nuclear War?
"'That little 'un that had a mark on his face - where is he now? I tell you, I don't see him.' The boys looked at each other fearfully, unbelieving."
"Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things."
What is the idea being represented AND what character represents it?
What is Democracy and Ralph?
To make rude/mocking remarks
What is Jeer?
"I wanted—to go to a place I know. A place in the jungle."
Who is Simon?
An issue that resulted after moving thousands of children.
What is Displacement?
"The mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness."
What is Savagery/Evil/Wildness?
"He found for them the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choiciest from the foliage, passed them back to the endless, outstretched hands."
What is the idea being represented AND what character represents it?
Who is Simon, and a Christ-like figure?
Deep-seated hatred
What is Enmity?
"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything."
Who is Jack?
The Operation that removed thousands of children from Britain in WWII
What is Operation Pied Piper?
"Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life."
What is Civilization/Law?