Main Characters
Supporting Characters
Chapters 1 and 2
Chapters 3 and 4
Chapters 5 and 6
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The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys on the island. He attempts to coordinate the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued.
Who is Ralph?
100
A group made up of the younger children on the island.
Who are the Littluns?
100
Originally found by Piggy and Ralph, this is used to call the boys together. It comes to symbolize order on the island.
What is the conch?
100
The two characters that whose differences begin to become obvious in chapter 3 when they argue over hunting.
Who are Jack and Ralph?
100
The character that Piggy admits to being afraid of at the end of Chapter 5 (pg.93).
Who is Jack?
200
An intellectual boy with glasses who frequently comes up with inventions and ideas to help the boys survive.
Who is Piggy?
200
A group of boys, originally dressed in black robes, that become hunters.
Who are the choir?
200
The animal that Jack could not bring himself to kill at the end of Chapter 1.
What is a pig?
200
Twin brothers who are often called by one name. They are part of the "bigguns" age group.
Who are Sam and Eric?
200
The place, in Chapter 5, where one of the littluns suggests the Beastie may be coming from.
What is the ocean?
300
One of the older boys stranded on the island who 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?
300
The boy who stomped on the sandcastles built by the littluns.
Who is Maurice?
300
The littlun that goes missing in Chapter 2.
Who is the boy with the mulberry mark?
300
In chapter four, because the fire has gone out, the boys miss the opportunity to do this.
What is signal a passing ship?
300
The thing that falls from the sky in the night in chapter 6. Sam and Eric mistake it for The Beastie. An adventure to hunt for it begins.
What is the dead parachutist?
400
A shy, sensitive boy in the group who behaves kindly towards the younger boys and is willing to work for the good of their community. He is deeply connected to nature and frequently disappears to explore the island on his own.
Who is Simon?
400
An unseen being that almost everyone on the island is scared of. The youngest children have nightmares about it.
What is The Beastie?
400
The object used to start the fire in Chapter 2.
What are Piggy's specs?
400
The thing that keep falling down, greatly irritating Ralph.
What are the huts?
400
The character that tells the addresses the group in chapter 5, telling them, "Maybe there is a beast ... maybe it's only us."
Who is Simon?
500
“Lieutenant” of the hunters. An older boy who throws stones close to the littluns.
Who is Roger?
500
Ralph's sign from the outside world at the beginning of Chapter 6.
What is the dead parachutist?
500
The occupation (job) held by Ralph's father.
What is commander in the Navy?
500
The thing that Jack and the hunters bring back at the end of chapter 4, resulting in a big celebration and wild dancing.
What is a dead pig on a stake?
500
The four things in Chapter 5 that have not been done, which cause Ralph to be angry at the meeting.
What are 1. shelters have not been built, 2. drinking water has not been gathered, 3. the fire has been neglected, and 4. the assigned toilet areas are not being used.
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