Setting
This type of location serves as the primary setting for the novel, symbolizing isolation from civilization.
What is a deserted island?
He is elected the boys’ leader early in the novel and tries to maintain order and civilization.
This object symbolizes law, order, and structured society among the boys.
What is the conch shell?
The novel explores the conflict between these two opposing forces, represented by Ralph and Jack.
What are civilization and savagery?
This is Ms. K's favorite color.
What is blue?
This natural feature becomes the boys’ meeting place and is where the conch is used to establish order.
What is the platform or the beach?
This character leads the hunters and represents the pull toward savagery and the thirst for power.
Who is Jack?
This character represents intelligence, logic, and reason.
Who is Piggy?
Golding suggests that this quality, often viewed as a moral trait, is easily lost when societal structures collapse.
What is innocence?
This is the type of food that Ms. K is most allergic to.
What is shellfish?
This elevated location, where the boys first light a signal fire, offers a view of the entire island.
What is the mountain?
This character is a quiet, loyal follower of Jack and participates in some of the darker events of the novel.
Who is Roger?
This object, broken during a crucial moment, represents the final shattering of rational thought and civilization.
What are Piggy’s glasses?
The fear of this imagined creature drives the boys into chaos, showing how fear can distort reality.
What is the beast?
These are electives that Ms. K taught this year (must get at least 2 of 3).
What are Communications, Tomorrow's Teachers, and Writing for the Media?
This area, feared by the littluns, is where the "beast" is believed to reside.
What is the jungle? (Accept: "the forest")
These identical twins often act as one unit and are collectively loyal to Ralph before being forced into Jack’s tribe.
Who are SamnEric?
This "gift" for the beast becomes a powerful symbol of the boys’ descent into savagery and irrational fear.
What is the Lord of the Flies?
The novel examines how this invisible force, found within each person, can lead to destruction and evil.
What is the innate darkness of human nature?
Dina, Evelyn, and Vladimir are the names of these pets that Ms. K has had since college.
What are turtles?
This location becomes Jack’s stronghold later in the novel, representing the descent into savagery.
What is Castle Rock?
Although not a major character, this younger boy is the first to mention the "beastie" and symbolizes childhood fear.
Who is the boy with the mulberry birthmark?
This character’s death represents the loss of innocence and the destruction of innate goodness.
Who is Simon?
This theme is highlighted when the boys struggle to follow rules and maintain structure without adult guidance.
What is the breakdown of order or the fragility of civilization?
Ms. K bought her current cell phone for the sole purpose of taking great photos of this.
What is the moon?