Background
Characters
Characters
Theme
Symbols
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The year Lord of the Flies was published
1954
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The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island. _______ attempts to coordinate the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued. ______ represents human beings’ civilizing instinct, as opposed to the savage instinct that Jack embodies.

Ralph

100

A pair of twins closely allied with Ralph. Sam and Eric are always together, and the other boys often treat them as a single entity, calling them. Part of the group known as the “bigguns.” At the end of the novel, they fall victim to Jack’s manipulation and coercion.

Sam and Eric

100
What makes the boys revert to an inferior state of life?
Savagery and fear
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Represents authority, power, and order
Conch shell
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Who wrote Lord of the Flies?

William Golding

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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. ____, adept at manipulating the other boys, represents the instinct of savagery within human beings, as opposed to the civilizing instinct Ralph represents.

Jack

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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.” The Lord of the Flies comes to symbolize the primordial instincts of power and cruelty that take control of Jack’s tribe.
Lord of the Flies
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The novel suggests the the defects of society can be traced back to the defects of what?
Human nature
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Represents hope and salvation, but also destruction

fire

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William Golding was a member of the ___________ Navy
Royal Navy
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A shy, sensitive boy in the group. ________, in some ways 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. Moreover, because his motivation is rooted in his deep feeling of connectedness to nature, _______ is the only character whose sense of morality does not seem to have been imposed by society. ______ represents a kind of natural goodness

Simon

100
the younger boys who are among those marooned on the island. They are in the younger ages, about 6 and below. They have not yet transitioned into the older group which has its adventures with the older boys who become more savage as the novel goes on and Jack leads them
Littluns
100

How does Jack control the other boys?

through fear and manipulation

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Represent fear and evil

the beast/Lord of the Flies

100

Golding won a _____________ Prize in literature

Nobel Prize

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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. _________ represents the scientific, rational side of civilization
Piggy
100

A bigun who becomes one of Jack's key supporters, accompanying him on the raids on Ralph's camp.

Maurice

100

According to the novel, what is man's natural state?

Cruel and savage-- animalistic

100
Represent reason and science
Glasses
100
William Golding taught _________ at a school for boys.
Classical Literature
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Jack’s “lieutenant.” A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him.

Roger

100

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.

Percival

100
What does Golding constantly compare the boys to and why?
animals--to illustrate their savage/animalistic nature
100

Represents the garden of Eden

the island

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