Symbols
The Conch
What causes the signal fire to go out on the mountain top, and results in a ship possibly spotting the boys‘ smoke and coming to rescue them?
Jack’s desire to hunt and catch a pig, which he does by making all the hunters come and assist him, including the one tending to the signal fire.
Who is the leader of the choir?
Jack
”Kill the Pig. Cut her throat, Spill her blood” (Golding 69).
The Hunters
Where do the boys put the signal fire?
On the highest point of the Mountain.
The Fire/Signal Fire
What is the result of all the boys doing their savage dance that even Ralph and Piggy participate in?
In results in the death of Simon, as all the boys mistaken Simon for the “beast” and beat him to death.
Who discovered the beast’s true identity?
Simon
“Maybe if there is a beast… maybe it’s only us” (Golding 89).
Simon
Where did Ralph set up camp for all the boys?
The Beach
What symbolizes the boys‘ fear and is the physical embodiment of the ”beast?”
The Parachute Man
Why do Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric go to meet with Jack with his tribe on Castle Rock? How does their chat or argument conclude?
Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric go to meet with Jack with his tribe on Castle Rock to go get back Piggy’s glasses, as they need it to keep relighting their fire. Their chat or argument concludes in Piggy dying, his glasses breaking, the conch getting turned to dust, Samneric getting captured, and Ralph escaping and hiding from the “savages.”
Who told Jack where Ralph was hiding?
Samneric
“Which is better - to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill” (Golding 180).
Piggy
What is the landmark on the edge of the island which Jack’s tribe claims as their fortress?
The Castle Rock
What represents the final string of civilization snapping as the boys lose all sense of their humanity, and they fall into an abyss of chaos and savagery?
Simon’s Death
During chapter 8 what happens after the meeting/assembly that Ralph calls? (two answers/parts)
Jack tries to call for a revote for being “chief,”but all the biguns decide to keep Ralph as “chief” and Jack leaves to make his own tribe in the jungle, which none of the boys join. However, after the meeting all the biguns soon leave Ralph and eventually join Jack’s tribe.
Who rolled the boulder defending Castle Rock, and what ended up happening because of it?
Roger rolled the stone which killed Piggy by pushing him off the cliff and him cracking his skull open.
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grownups going to think” (Golding 91).
Piggy
What is the warm area where the conch is discovered?
The Lagoon
What represents the total collapse of all reason on the island, and the shift from civilization to savagery?
Piggy’s Death
What are the names of the biguns who destroy the littluns’ sandcastles, and the littluns who got their sandcastles destroyed?
Biguns - Roger and Maurice
Littluns - Percival and Henry
What is Percival’s full name?
Percival Wemys Madison
“The thing is - fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream” (Golding 82).
Ralph
What’s the location of Simon’s favorite place on the island?
A hidden place deep within the Jungle surrounded by creepers and vines, which eventually stops and comes to an open space.