Background
Who wrote Lord of the Flies?
Who is William Golding?
What does the conch immediately establish among the boys?
What is order?
Golding uses this character to show the dangers of charisma without conscience
Who is Jack?
Name an allegory that can be found in the novel
What is Religious, Social, Political, or Psychological?
What genre is The Lord of the Flies?
What is dystopian fiction?
What does Ralph's father do for a living?
What is he's in the navy?
What does the sow's head symbolize?
What is the innate evil inside humans?
Why is Simon’s death symbolically significant?
What is the boys destroy the only spiritual voice; it marks total descent into savagery?
What theme does the boys’ descent into savagery reveal?
What is the fragility of civilization?
What is the novel’s setting functionally (beyond the island)?
What is a microcosm of human society?
Which of the 7 princes of hell is Lord of the Flies named after?
Who is Beelzebub?
Explain why the destruction of the conch and Piggy’s death happen together.
What is they represent the final collapse of civilization and rationality?
Though initially a minor figure, his actions (spying, intimidating, and ultimately killing) demonstrate how societal constraints suppress impulses until authority disappears.
Who is Roger?
What does Golding suggest about human nature?
What is Evil is inherent, not caused by society?
This term describes Golding’s choice to make the environment echo the inner corruption of the boys, such as the storm intensifying at the exact moment of Simon’s murder.
What is Pathetic fallacy?
What is the scar?
What is the trench made by the airplane crashing?
How does the motif of hunger function symbolically?
What is it represents uncontrolled desire and instinct?
How does Roger represent a different kind of violence than Jack?
What is Roger enjoys cruelty for its own sake?
What does the novel say about fear?
What is Fear is manipulated to create power?
How is Simon an example of a Christ-like literary archetype?
What is he is misunderstood, spiritual, reveals truth, and dies sacrificially?
What were the boys escaping from?
What is a nuclear war?
Why is the fire that destroys the island considered the ultimate symbol of irony?
What is the fire becomes the instrument of rescue?
What is the purpose of Samneric functioning as a pair rather than as individuals?
What is they show how identity collapses under group pressure?
How does the novel critique leadership?
What is effective leadership requires moral responsibility?
In what way does Lord of the Flies function as a political allegory?
What is Characters represent political ideologies (democracy, fascism, rationalism, etc.) clashing in an isolated society?