Background
The year Lord of the Flies was published
1954
The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys.
Ralph
A pair of twins closely allied with Ralph.
Sam and Eric
The beast causes this to increase, causing life on the island to worsen.
Fear
The novel’s antagonist, one of the older boys stranded on the island. _____ 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
Ralph and Jack are fighting over this
Power/ Leadership
Represents hope and salvation
Smoke
William Golding was a member of the ___________ Navy
Royal
A shy, sensitive boy in the group. In some ways, he is the only naturally “good” character on the island, behaves kindly toward the younger boys, and is willing to work for the good of their community.
Simon
The younger boys who are aged, about 6 and below.
Littluns
The paint that Jack and his tribe wear leads the boys to lose this
Loss of Innocence/ Civilization
Represent evil
Lord of the Flies
Golding won a _____________ Prize in literature
Nobel
Ralph’s “lieutenant.” An intellectual boy whose inventiveness frequently leads to innovation.
Piggy
A bigun who becomes one of Jack's key supporters, has light hair, and accompanies him during the raids at Ralph's camp.
Maurice
According to the novel, what is man's natural state?
Cruel and savage-- animalistic
William Golding taught _________ at a school for boys.
ELA
Jack’s “lieutenant.” A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him.
Roger
A littlun who cries often and is often picked on by the other littluns. He introduces the idea that the beast might arrive from the sea.
Percival
The novel suggests evil can be traced back to what?
Human nature
Represents Destruction
fire