Background
The year Lord of the Flies was published.
What is 1954?
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.
Who is Ralph?
A pair of twins closely allied with Ralph. They are always together, and the other boys often treat them as a single entity, calling them.
Who are Sam and Eric?
This is what Simon with his connection to nature and understanding of humanity represents.
What is spirituality?
Represents civilization, power, and rules & order
Conch shell
The guy who wrote the novel Lord of the Flies?
Who is William Golding?
The novel’s antagonist, one of the older boys also 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.
Who is 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.” Symbolizes the power and cruelty that take control of Jack’s tribe.
Who is the Lord of the Flies?
The novel suggests that the conch shell is a symbolic representation of this.
What is Power or Rules and Order?
Represents hope and salvation (for rescue), but also destruction.
What is fire?
The book was written during this chaotic time period of the World.
What is WW2?
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.
Who is Simon?
This is how Jack controls the other boys.
What is fear and cruelty?
This represents fear and the evil in men.
What is the beast/Lord of the Flies?
A whiny, intellectual boy, _________ represents the scientific, rational side of civilization.
Who is Piggy?
This makes the boys afraid and constantly argue about its existence.
What is "the beastie" (otherwise known as the dead parachutist)?
This is what Ralph seems to continuously avoid becoming.
What is a savage?
This represents reason/logic, and science.
What are Piggy's glasses?
The classic book Golding based his book upon, and even mentions the book in Chapter One.
What is Ralph Louis Stevenson's "Coral Island"?
Jack’s “lieutenant.” A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and enjoys violence.
Who is 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?
This is what the littleuns and their fear and confusion about their situation represent.
What is innocence or youth?
This represents both savagery and identity.
What is the dazzle paint that Jack and the hunters wear?