Characters
What is Piggy always cleaning?
His glasses.
What is Jack's last name?
Merridew
What does the Conch symbolize?
- Order
- Organization
- Power
- Control
“ ‘She kept a candy store. I used to get ever so many candies’ ” (13).
Piggy
How do the boys end up on the island?
They are being evacuated from a war when their plane crashes.
Who let the fire go out the first time? (Chapter 4)
Jack and the Hunters
What do the boys use to start the fire?
Piggy's glasses
What do Piggy's glasses symbolize?
- Hope
- Survival
- Friendship
"I think we ought to climb the mountain." Chapter 8
Simon
What is Jack's main priority while on the island?
Kill a pig
Who do the boys pretend to kill like a pig in Ch. 7?
Robert
What is the 'scar'?
The path of the plane when it crashed
Ralph's attitude towards hunting changes after he goes hunting with Jack. He is incredibly excited and interested in hunting. What could this tell us about how Ralph is changing?
- He is no longer as focused on getting rescued
- He is becoming more wild
- He is becoming more like Jack as a leader
"I told you to. I told you to get a list of names!"
Ralph
What falls out of the sky that the boys think is a beast?
The parachutist
Who volunteers to check out Castle Rock for the first time?
Ralph, but Jack follows him.
Why does Ralph avoid Piggy in the beginning of the book?
Ralph thinks that Piggy is annoying.
Why is it significant that 'the sign from the grownups' is a dead parachutist?
- Represents that people are going to die on the island
- Represents that the grownups are unable to help them
- Represents and reminds us that there is a war going on in the book
"'We'll have rules!' he cried excitedly. 'Lots of rules!'"
Jack
What/who is the Lord of the Flies?
The pig's head on the stake
Who first discovers that the parachutist is not the beast? What happens to him?
Simon. He is killed by the other boys.
Which characters die in Lord of the Flies?
Simon, Piggy, and the boy with the mulberry-colored birthmark.
Why is it significant that the first character to die is not given a name?
- It shows that the boys are disorganized and represents how they will continue to fall apart
- It shows that the boys are only focused on getting rescued OR hunting
"Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill."
The Lord of the Flies
Why do Ralph and Piggy go to Castle Rock towards the end of the book?
- To get Piggy's glasses
- To talk about how to keep the fire going