Background
The writer of LOTF
Who is William Golding
The novel’s protagonist: the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island.
Who is Ralph?
A pair of twins closely allied with Ralph who do everything together and fall victim to Jack in the last chapter.
Who are SamnEric?
What makes the boys revert to insanity?
What is savagery and fear?
This object represents authority, power, order, and talking in turn
What is conch shell?
Year LOTF was published
When is 1954?
The novel’s antagonist, one of the older boys stranded on the island who breaks off from the group, forming an animalistic cult!
Who is Jack?
The name given to the sow’s head that Jack’s gang impales on a stake and offers to the “beast.”
What is the Lord of the Flies?
The novel suggests the the defects of society can be traced back to the defects of...
What is human nature?
This represents hope and salvation, but also destruction
What is fire?
William Golding was a member of the _____ Navy
What is Royal Navy?
A shy, sensitive, intuitive boy in the group, who behaves kindly toward the younger boys and is connected to nature.
Who is Simon?
Nickname for the younger boys, around 6 and below.
What is littluns?
The way Jack controls the other boys
What is fear, manipulation, and torture?
Represents fear and evil
What is the beast OR Lord of the Flies?
Golding won a ____ Prize in literature
What is Nobel Prize?
Ralph’s “lieutenant.” A whiny, intellectual boy who has many good ideas, represents logic and scientific reasoning.
Who is Piggy?
A bigun who becomes one of Jack's key supporters, accompanying him on the raids on Ralph's camp.
Who is Maurice?
According to the novel, man's natural state
What is cruel and savage-- animalistic
Represent reason and science
What are Piggy's glasses?
The war that influenced the war in the book
What is WWII?
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 has a nervous breakdown and is often picked on by the other littluns. He introduces the idea that the beast might arrive from the sea.
Who is Percival?
Golding constantly compares the boys to this noun
What are animals--to illustrate their savage/animalistic nature
Represents change throughout time and personal character advancements
What is hair?