Characters
Symbols
Major Story Aspects
Plot Points
Potpourri
100
Two personality traits of Ralph.
What are leader, good-natured, civilized, innocent, naïve, attractive, falls from grace, protagonist?
100
The conch is a symbol for this.
What is democracy/rules?
100
The setting of “The Sniper”
What is Dublin, Ireland?
100
The surprise twist of “The Sniper.”
What is he killed his own brother?
100
William Golding won this prize in literature.
What is the Nobel Prize?
200
The nickname for the youngest children on the island.
What is “little’uns”?
200
The beast is a symbol for this.
What is the evil inside all of us/fear of the unknown?
200
The setting of The Lord of the Flies.
What is an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean?
200
Two of the three people the sniper kills.
Who are the other sniper, the old lady, the man in the turret?
200
The definition of an allegory.
What is a story with a moral?
300
Three traits of the sniper.
What are young, violent, corrupted, damaged, focused, ascetic, dedicated?
300
Ralph’s hair that keeps growing is a symbol of this.
What is his sinking into savagery?
300
The side of the Irish war the protagonist is on.
What is IRA (Irish Republican Army)?
300
The physical injury the sniper endures.
What is a gunshot to the forearm?
300
If Freud describes “id” as one’s primal instincts and needs, this character could represent the “id.”
Who is Jack/Roger?
400
This child is the first one to realize that “the beast” is just a dead man wearing a parachute.
Who is Simon?
400
Piggy’s hair that does not keep growing is symbol of this.
What is his desire to stay civilized?
400
The purpose of the war in Ireland.
What is freedom from England?
400
The two political factions in “The Sniper.”
What are the Freestaters and the IRA Republicans?
400
If Freud describes “superego” as one’s conscience and obedience towards social rules, this character could represent the “superego.”
Who is Piggy/Simon?
500
This boy tragically dies in a fire on the island.
Who is the boy with the mulberry birthmark?
500
The allegorical meaning of The Lord of the Flies.
What is the inherent evil/chaos in human nature? What is that civilization is a facade that's fake? What are William Golding's feelings about war?
500
The genre of “The Sniper,” aside from “short story.”
What is suspense?
500
This action alerts the enemy sniper to the protagonist’s presence behind his parapet.
What is lighting a cigarette?
500
William Golding said literature is the key to this.
What is a world free of war and full of compassion and humanity where men have open minds and open eyes to what they’re doing that’s wrong?
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