Symbolism
Who/what symbolizes democracy and rules?
What is the CONCH?
He is described in the following passage:
“It was an accident . . . that’s what it was. An Accident. . . . Coming in the dark—he hadn’t no business crawling like that out of the dark. He was batty. He asked for it.”
Means word choice
What is Diction?
The main diet of the boys when they first land on the island
What is fruit?
The protagonist of Lord of the Flies.
Who is Ralph?
He says the following:
"I’m going to go to him with this conch in my hands. I’m going to hold it out. Look, I’m goin’ to say, you’re stronger than I am and you haven’t got asthma. You can see, I’m goin’ to say, and with both eyes. But I don’t ask you to be a sport, I’ll say, not because you’re strong, but because what’s right’s right. Give me my glasses, I’m going to say—you got to!"
Who is Piggy?
This is when we learn about the character directly from the narrator. For example, if the narrator says that the boy was fat and short.
What is direct characterization?
The first “littlun” to tell the boys about the “beastie”
Who is the boy with the mulberry birthmark?
The major antagonist of the Lord of the Flies
Who is Jack?
Who/what symbolizes man's destructiveness?
He says,
“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?”
Who is the Lord of the Flies?
The audience knows something that the character or characters don’t know.
What is Dramatic Irony?
The nationality of the boys
What is British?
Point of View of Lord of the Flies
What is third person omniscient?
Who/what symbolizes hope and rescue?
What is the fire?
He says,
“We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?”
Who is the Naval Officer?
Two literary devices that are demonstrated in the following passage:
“One patch [of fire] touched a tree trunk and scrambled up like a bright squirrel.”
What is personification and simile?
Character who saw Jack as a little red-headed boy
The outcome is different from what we expected. Instead of destroying themselves with the fire, they inadvertently saved themselves.
What is situational irony?
Who/what symbolizes anarchy and savagery?
Says:
“Honest, Ralph, you’d better go. . . You got to go because it’s not safe. . . [Y]ou got to go for your own good. They hate you, Ralph. They’re going to do you.”
Who is Samneric?
The boys set the mountain on fire, and Piggy says, “You got your small fire all right.”
What is verbal irony?
The item desired by the savages when they raid Ralph’s hut.
What are Piggy's glasses?
Symbolizes man’s inherent savagery
Who is the Lord of the Flies?