Allegory
Golding & Novel notes
Characters
Symbols
Significant Events
100
Everyman, Government, Common Sense
Who is Ralph?
100
20 times
How many times was novel rejected?
100
Causes the rock to fall on Piggy
Who is Roger?
100
reminder of trauma; man's destruction on nature
What is the scar?
100
The death of Piggy symbolizes loss of...
What is intellect and ability to reason?
200
Intellect, Technology
Who is Piggy?
200
1954
When was the novel published?
200
Paints his face and thereby adopts an alternate persona
Who is Jack?
200
Democracy
What is the conch?
200
The death of Simon symbolizes the loss of...
What are morals and truth?
300
Humanism, Spiritual Truth
Who is Simon?
300
The Coral Island
What book, that Golding read to his children, inspired LOTF?
300
Has to make tough decisions for the benefit of the majority; spends time thinking and watching his feet
Who is Ralph?
300
Fear of the unknown; a source of fear and propaganda
What is the beast?
300
Jack seizes __________ against their will.
Who are Sam & Eric?
400
Belongs to Moral Stage 6
Who is Simon?
400
Led to seeing the darkness of man's heart/man is inherently evil
What was the outcome of Golding's military service?
400
Overwhelmed with a desire to kill and hunt
Who is Jack?
400
Paradise; also a microcosm that mirrors the world at war
When is the island?
400
Irony; it was meant to kill but caused rescue instead
What is the fire at the end of the novel?
500
Belongs to Moral Stage 4
What is Piggy?
500
Won this for LOTF
What is the Nobel Prize for Literature?
500
Perishes in the first fire
Who is the boy with the birthmark?
500
Intelligence, rational thought, social order of the boys
What are Piggy's glasses?
500
His lifeless body leaves the island; ironic because he was of no help
Who is the parachutist?
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