My, My, Who Am I?
Just because I am a little fat,
A mean nick-name was begat.
Who is Piggy?
A symbol of the human ability to progress through technology.
What are Piggy's glasses?
The reader learns that the boys survive a crash and land on an uninhabited island.
What is the exposition?
He disappeared early in the novel without explanation.
Who is the boy with the birthmark?
"I've got this to say, you are acting like a bunch of kids."
Who is Piggy?
I tried to lead and keep the fire;
Now survival is my desire.
Who is Ralph?
A symbol of the ability of man to harness the elements for good and bad?
What is fire?
The Freytag dramatic part related to Jack attempting to lead the boys and keep the mountain fire going.
What is rising action?
Simon found out that this appeared to be a beast, but was not.
What is a parachutist?
"If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. We must make a fire."
Who is Ralph?
I was leader of the choir,
and care more for hunting than watching fire.
Who is Jack?
A symbol of evil, particularly the human potential for evil?
What is the head of the pig on a stake?
The Freytag dramatic part in which Jack barely survives being hunted.
What is the climax?
This was Piggy's solution to the problem of the beast on the mountain.
What is lighting the fire on the beach?
"I should have thought that a pack of British boys .. would have been able to put up a better show than that?
Who is the British naval officer?
I tried to tell about the beast the news,
But my life I did lose.
Who is Simon?
This symbolizes the unknown as well the unpredictability of life.
What is the ocean?
Normally, the dramatic part in which all the loose ends are tied up and it is explained what will happen. In this novel, it basically is absent.
What is the denouement or resolution?
The definition of "Beelzebub."
What is the "Lord of the Flies?"
"Kill the pig. Slit her throat. Spill her blood."
Who is Jack?
I rolled the boulder from the hill,
An innocent boy I did kill.
Who is Roger?
This place is a symbol of the opportunity of humans to make a fresh start.
What is the island?
The Freytag dramatic part related to Ralph crying in front of the British naval officer?
What is the falling action?
This boy is innocent and could be considered a Christ-like figure.
Who is Simon?
"Fancy thinking that the beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew didn't you? I am part of you?"
Who is the Lord of the Flies?