Events
What is hunting Ralph?
A member of the choir killed by the group who mistake him for the beast.
Who is Simon?
Represents order, civilization.
What is the conch?
The naval officer's surprise at the boys' violence reinforces this theme.
What is the idea that all humans have the capacity for evil?
"What I mean is...maybe it's only us" refers to this.
What is the beast?
The consequence of the first time the group makes a fire.
What is the disappearance of the boy with the birthmark?
It is the pig's head on the stick.
What is the Lord of the Flies?
Represents hope.
What is the fire?
The island of "Blue of all shades to shadowy green and purple" becoming "scorched up like dead wood" represents this theme.
What is natural beauty being spoiled by humans?
"Won't we look funny if the whole island burns?" is an example of this literary device.
What is Foreshadowing?
The result of Jack and the hunters painting their faces the first time.
What is killing their first pig?
Leader of the group, represents order and civilization.
Who is Ralph?
Represents the darkness inside humans.
What is the beast?
Jack's treatment of Piggy and his withholding meat connects to this theme.
What is the ability of power to corrupt?
"Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill" is heard by this character.
Who is Simon?
It is the beast Sam and Eric see on watch.
What is the dead pilot?
The head chorister and leader of the hunters, represents chaos and savagery.
Who is Jack?
Represents logical or scientific knowledge.
What are Piggy's glasses?
Percival's inability to remember even his name by the end ties to which theme?
"Him with the shell!" describes this.
Ralph's selection as chief based on having called the assembly with the conch.
A raid by Jack's group results in this.
What is the theft of Piggy's glasses?
One of Jack's lieutenants who rolls the rock onto Piggy.
Who is Roger?
Represents human nature.
What is the island itself?
Jack's initial difficulty killing a pig compared to his later violence ties to this theme.
What is humans' capacity for evil?
"We want meat" vs. "Don't you all want to be rescued?" demonstrates this in the novel.
What is conflict between Jack and Ralph over the group's priorities?