This character was guilty of allowing a young boy to drown
Who is: Vera Claythorne
a long, adventurous journey
one word answer
What is: Odyssey
This character had red hair, and an obsession with hunting in the book
writing based on facts
Nonfiction
This author was a nurse before writing
Who is: Agatha Christie
an element of foreshadowing, Agatha Christie would have learned as a child
what is: the nursery rhyme
Ithica
This character represented good and kindness, his death was caused by mob mentality and symbolized the death of kindness on the island
Who is: Simon
Theme
universal idea explored through a literary work
List 2 authors from England
William Golding
Agatha Christie
Semester 1
William Shakespeare
Saki
All the guests on the island have this in common
What is: a crime that went unpunished
Odysseus left here on a raft
What is: Calypso's island
This character was elected chief because:
Who is Ralph, he had the conch
Red can mean angry or danger
Blue can mean sad/depressed
Little is known about this author
Homer
This reoccurring event made the characters uncomfortable
What is: the soldier figurines disappearing
His mother
Anticlea
This symbolized the evil inside humanity
The Lord of the Flies
The ideas and themes inside a novel can be interpreted to reveal a deeper meaning about the ENTIRE work (novel)
Allegory
Epic were told verbally often to lyrics, the author credited with The Iliad and the Odyssey was blind and likely could not write
Who is: Homer
Who wrote the nursery rhyme?
Frank Green
A god that was angry at Odysseus
Poseidon, for blinding his son
Zeus, Odysseus crew ate the sacred cattle
The naval officer at the end of the story says " ..."
" [I] would have [thought you] would have been able to put up a better show than that"
Characters,events, and items are used to represent deeper meaning and ideas beyond the literal
Symbolism
His experience as a schoolteacher and soldier in WWII influenced his worldviews and writing
Who is: William Golding
Author of Lord of the Flies