Characters
"If I blow the conch and they don't come back; then we've had it. We shan't keep the fire going. We'll be like animals. We'll never be rescued."
Ralph
Provide a synonym for the underlined word in the passage:
The three boys rushed forward and Jack drew his knife again with a flourish. He raised his arm in the air. There came a...hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm.
Pause, break, interruption, gap in time
Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau: Jack decides to leave the group and offers an invitation to anyone who wants to join him. Which philosopher would agree most with this form of the Social Contract--when members are free to leave whenever they feel the leader is no longer working for their interests?
John Locke
“I should have thought that a pack of British boys... would have been able to put up a better show than that..."
The naval officer
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Jack nodded, as much for the sake of agreeing as anything, and by tacit consent they left the shelter and went toward the bathing pool.
Unspoken, implied, understood
Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau? Ralph is constantly striving to keep the signal fire burning, which is in the best interest of the entire group (the general will). Ralph's intentions demonstrate which philosopher's ideas about the effects of the social contract?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
He believed that Ralph would get back to where he came from.
Simon
“We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.”
Jack
Provide a synonym for the underlined word in the passage:
“Hunting,” Jack said. He sized them up. Each of them wore the remains of a black cap and ages ago they had stood in two demure rows...
Reserved, modest, shy, meek, mild, quiet
List three reasons to understand why the boys killed Simon.
1. They allowed their fear of the beast to cause them to act without thinking. 2. It was dark and stormy, which made it hard to see and contributed to their fear. 3. They were in a frenzied state of mind because of the dancing and chanting.
Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau: The character of Simon demonstrates a personality that supports which philosopher's opinion about human nature?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn't you?"
Simon
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He picked his way to the seaward edge of the platform and stood looking down into the water. It was clear to the bottom and bright with the efflorescence of tropical weed and coral.
Blooming, flowering, blossoming
This is why Jack puts the pig’s head on a stick as an offering to the beast.
To convince his group that he can protect them from the beast. Although he kept telling everyone he didn't believe in the beast, this benefits him by convincing the boys to view him as the best leader on the island.
The incident of Jack stealing Piggy's glasses to make the fire references which mythological story? Which character most clearly represents this mythological character?
Prometheus stealing fire from Mount Olympus to give to the humans. Prometheus is then punished for his arrogance.
Piggy
"I'm scared of him, and that's why I know him. If you're scared of someone you hate him but you can't stop thinking about him."
Piggy
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Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, Piggy picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar.
Spirited enthusiasm, cheerfulness, energy
When the littluns change their story about the beast, stating that it now lives in the ocean, what does the beast now begin to symbolize? (Hint: Stephen King's theory of the closed door.)
Fear of the unknown
Who/what is the title of the book, The Lord of the Flies, named after? What specific type of literary device is this?
Beelzebub
Biblical allusion