Background
The decade that Lord of the Flies was published
1950s
The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island.
Ralph
A pair of twins closely allied with Ralph who at the end of the novel, they fall victim to Jack’s manipulation and coercion.
Sam and Eric
This thing makes the boys scared about everything on the island?
The Beast
Represents authority, power, and order
Conch shell
The novel’s antagonist who becomes the leader of the hunters but longs for total power and becomes increasingly wild, barbaric, and cruel as the novel progresses.
Jack
The name given to the sow’s head that Jack’s gang impales on a stake and erects in the forest as an offering to the “beast.”
Lord of the Flies
The novel suggests the the defects of society can be traced back to the defects of what?
Human nature
Represents hope, rescue, salvation, but also destruction
fire
This boy attempts to coordinate the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued.
Ralph
A shy, sensitive boy in the group who is the only character whose sense of morality does not seem to have been imposed by society. ______ represents a kind of natural goodness
Simon
The younger boys who are among those marooned on the island.
Littluns
How does Jack control the other boys?
Through fear, violence and manipulation
Represent fear and evil
the beast/Lord of the Flies
This character represents the scientific, rational side of civilization.
Piggy
Ralph’s “lieutenant.” A whiny, intellectual boy, ______’s inventiveness frequently leads to innovation, such as the makeshift sundial that the boys use to tell time.
Piggy
A bigun who is Jack's right hand man and very brutal and violent.
Roger
According to the novel, who is the christlike character?
Simon
Represent reason and science
Glasses
This figure becomes to symbolize the primordial instincts of power and cruelty that take control of Jack’s tribe.
Lord of the Flies
The littlun who was lost in the fire had this distinguishing feature.
A birthmark on his face
What does Golding constantly compare the boys to and why?
Wild animals
Represents the garden of Eden and Hell at the same time.
The island