Symbols
This item symbolizes order and authority.
What is the conch shell?
Ralph and Piggy go to Castle Rock because they want to do this.
What is confront Jack and demand the return of Piggy's glasses?
When Piggy is killed, the conch symbolizes this.
What is the final destruction of order and civilized authority?
This item symbolizes the fear of the unknown?
What is the ocean?
This is foreshadowed when Simon tells Ralph, "All the same. You'll get back alright. I think so anyway."
What is Ralph will be rescued and returned home, but Simon himself will die on the island?
This item symbolizes rescue and hope.
What is fire?
Ralph & Piggy react differently to Simon's death because they feel this.
What is Ralph feels guilt and horror, and Piggy tries to rationalize the event?
The most accurate interpretation of Simon's death is that is represents this.
What is the boys' complete descent into savagery?
This item symbolizes hidden identities and a person's true nature.
What are painted faces?
What is Ralph realizes it is exciting?
This item symbolizes reason and science/technology.
What are Piggy's glasses?
The central irony of the fire in Chapter 12 was meant to...
What is kill Ralph?
(but it actually leads to his rescue)
Ralph cries at the end of the novel because of this.
What is he recognizes the loss of innocence and human goodness?
Jack calls an assembly at the beginning of Chapter 8 because he wants to do this.
What is challenge Ralph's leadership and demand a vote?
When Jack forms his own tribe, this promise most strongly attracts the boys to follow him.
What is meat, hunting, and fun?
The symbolic purpose of leaving the pig's head as a "gift" for the beast is because of this.
What is it shows how far they have abandoned reason and civilization in favor of fear, ritual, and power?
What is Piggy continues to believe in logic, rules, and civilized behavior?
The significance of the ocean's treatment of Simon's body at the end of the chapter symbolizes this.
What is a peaceful, almost sacred release?
This intensifies the boys' sense of power and group identity during the dance.
What is chanting, "Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!"
Piggy's death is a turning point in the novel because of this.
What is it marks the complete rejection of reason and mortality?
The sharpening of the stick at both ends symbolizes this in the final hunt.
WHAT IS the complete loss of morality and humanity?
Simon and Piggy disagree about the nature of the beast during their conversation because they each think this.
What is Piggy believes the beast is imaginary and Simon suspects it is something within the boys?
In the final hunt, the sharpening of the stick at both ends symbolizes this.
What is the complete loss of morality and humanity?
The naval officer misunderstood the boys' situation when he arrived because he believed this...
What is the boys were playing games?
The chant during the dance affects the boys' behavior because of this.
What is it intensifies their sense of power and group identity?