Location
This is the general setting where the boys crash.
What is a deserted island?
“Maybe there is a beast... maybe it's only us.”
“Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”
Who is Simon?
Who are the boys on the island?
This character becomes the leader of the hunters.
Who is Jack?
The boys mistake Simon for this.
What is the Beast?
The conch shell is a symbol of this.
What is order and civilization?
The location on the island is important for the fires home.
What is the mountain top?
“The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away.”
“Bollocks to the rules! We're strong—we hunt! If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down! We'll close in and beat and beat and beat—!”
Who is Ralph?
Who is Jack?
This character represents logic and reason
Who is Piggy?
The climax involves the tragic death of this character.
Who is Simon?
Piggy’s glasses symbolize this.
What is knowledge or the ability to see clearly literally and figuratively?
The boys build their shelters in this part of the island.
What is near the beach?
“Which is better – to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?”
“The thing is—fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.”
Who is Piggy
Who is Ralph?
This character is the first to suggest there might be a beast.
Who is the littlun with the birthmark?
Simon dies in this setting.
What is on the beach during a storm?
The Lord of the Flies is physically this object.
What is the pigs head on a stick?
This part of the island becomes Jack’s base later in the novel.
What is Castle Rock?
“I’m chief. I’ll go. Don’t argue.”
“You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?”
Who is Ralph?
The Lord of the Flies (the pig’s head, speaking to Simon)
This character symbolizes innate human goodness.
Who is Simon?
This event immediately follows Simon's death and symbolizes the boys complete transition into savagery.
What is the ritualistic dance and chant?
The fire on the island can symbolize this.
What is hope and destruction?
This is where Simon has his confrontation with the "Lord of the Flies."
What is forest glade?
“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”
“The rules!” shouted........“You’re breaking the rules!”
Who is the Lord of the Flies (the pig's head)?
Who is Ralph
This character is a symbol of brutality and violence, Jack’s enforcer.
Who is Roger?
This character participates in Simon’s death and feels guilt afterward.
Who is Ralph or Piggy?
The Beast is ultimately a symbol of this.
What is the savagery within humans?