Background & Vocab
Character ID
Themes
Literary Devices
Symbolism
100
Which novel inspired Golding to write Lord of the Flies?
Coral Island
100
Which character has a better understanding of human nature?
Simon
100
identify the theme that would apply to the following quote: "You did, the other day. You said they dream and cry out. Now they talk--not only the littluns, but my hunter sometimes--talk to a thing, a dark thing, a beast, some sort of animal."
Fear of the unknown
100
Identify the literary device in the following quote: "The air was thick with butterflies, lifting, fluttering, settling.
asyndeton
100
What symbolizes law, order, authority, and communication?
The Conch
200
What are the 2 reasons why Golding had trouble getting his novel published?
It was too pessimistic and sensitive subject matter (about children)
200
Who died on the island? And how did they die?
Simon - mistaken for the beast, Piggy-Roger pushed rock on him, the boy with the mulberry birthmark - in an out of control fire
200
Identify the speak of the following quote and which theme it applies to: "What I mean is, maybe it's only us"
Simon; Man is inherently evil.
200
Identify the literary device in the quote below: "He passed like a shadow under the darkness of the tree and crouched."
Simile
200
Which character embodies man's inherent evil through his destructive nature?
Roger
300
Ralph and Jack _______ Piggy when they call him names and don't allow him to explore the island with him.
Ostracize
300
Who is the democratic, civilized leader?
Ralph
300
Identify the speaker and the theme it applies to: "I got the conch! Just you listen! The first thing we ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach. It wasn't half cold down there in the night. But the first time Ralph says 'fire' you goes howling and screaming up this here mountain. Like a pack of kids!"
Piggy; The need for civilzation
300
Identify the literary device in the following quote: "Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law"
polysyndeton
300
What is (literally) the Lord of the Flies? Symbolically?
Literally- pigs head on a stick Symbolically - Evil / Devil
400
Vocab: "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 is worried there will be _______ on the island.
Chaos
400
Why does Jack hate Piggy?
Piggy symbolizes order and civilization which interferes with Jacks desire to hunt and have fun.
400
Identify 2 theme for the following quote: "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy"
Loss of innocence Man is inherently evil
400
Identify the literary device in the following quote: "He passed like a shadow under the darkness of the tree and crouched"
Simile
400
At the end of the novel what sign brings the boys back to civilization?
the naval officer
500
What 2 occupations contributed to Golding's negative view of man kind and influenced his writing of LOTF?
his time as a teacher and in the military
500
Although Piggy is the smartest, why is he not voted chief?
because of this physical characteristics - fat, wears glasses, has asthma; They do not see him as a leader.
500
Identify the speaker and the theme the quote applies to: "I'm not going to play any longer. Not with you...I'm not going to be a part of Ralph's lot...I'm going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come too"
Jack - Power
500
Identify the TWO literary devices in the following quote: "Jack stood there, streaming with sweat, streaked with brown earth"
asyndeton, parallelism
500
Explain what the scar is - literally and symbolically.
Literal - where the plane crashed symbolic - the entrance of evil on the island
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