The Conch
This object represents law, order, and democratic civilization on the island.
What is the conch shell?
The primary purpose of the signal fire is to achieve this goal.
What is rescue?
Piggy's glasses physically represent this human trait.
What is science, intellect, rationality?
The literal translation of "Beelzebub," the Hebrew name for the devil, is this English phrase.
What is "Lord of the Flies"?
At first, the littluns fear a snake-like creature they call by this name.
What is a "beastie"? Snake-thing is accepted
When this character holds the conch, he has the right to speak during meetings.
Who is whoever is holding it?
When the fire goes out because Jack and the hunters abandon it to hunt a pig, it symbolizes the loss of this.
What is the connection to civilization, hope, responsibility?
Jack's tribe steals Piggy's glasses in order to accomplish this task.
What is start a fire? Cook food is accepted.
This severed object is mounted on a sharpened stake in the forest clearing.
What is a pig's head?
The dead parachutist who falls from the sky is mistaken by the boys for this.
What is the beast?
The shattering of the conch at Castle Rock symbolizes the permanent destruction of this.
What is order, civilization, society, law?
This character's glasses are used to ignite the signal fire.
Who is Piggy?
When one side of the glasses is broken, it symbolizes the partial loss of this.
What is rationality, intellect?
The Lord of the Flies speaks to this hallucinating character in a famous dialogue.
Who is Simon?
Simon realizes that the true "beast" on the island is actually this.
What is human evil/savagery inside man?
Ralph uses the conch to do this at the very beginning of the novel.
What is summon the surviving boys? blow the conch is accepted as well.
Toward the end of the book, a destructive and unintentional fire set by Jack's tribe ironically ends up doing this.
What is attract the naval officer? Or cause their rescue?
Without his glasses, Piggy becomes completely dependent on this person for guidance.
Who is Ralph?
The rot and decay of the pig's head symbolize the inherent decay of this within human beings.
What is morality, goodness, innocence?
The beast externalizes the boys' growing descent into this state of mind.
What is fear, savagery?
Early in the book, Piggy warns that this person is the only one who should touch the conch besides Ralph.
Who is the person who blew it? Jack is accepted.
The smoke from the fire represents humanity's connection to this.
What is the adult world, morality, sanity?
The act of stealing the glasses marks the complete triumph of this over intellect.
What is savagery, brutality?
The Lord of the Flies tells Simon that the beast is not something external, but rather this.
What is part of the boys themselves/inside them?
During the frenzied tribal dance, the boys mistake Simon for the beast and do this to him.
What is murder/kill him?