Plot
What is the conch?
The choir boys are giving this role
What are hunters?
This is the Lord of the Flies.
This symbolizes civilization and order.
What is the conch?
Who is the Lord of the Flies? (Or the pig's head)
This is the hunters' chant.
What is kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood?
This is what the twins see when they are guarding the fire.
What is the beast? or What is a dead man with a parachute?
This is stolen by Jack's tribe when they invade the beach.
What are Piggy's glasses or specs?
This symbol is a measurement of the boy's desire for rescue.
What is the signal fire?
"Fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island...Serves you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!"
Who is Jack?
What is a war/nuclear attack?
This character is killed by being knocked off a ledge from a rock thrown by Roger.
Who is Piggy?
What is to appease the beast?
This symbolizes the power of science and intellectualism in society.
What are Piggy's glasses/specs?
Life...is scientific....I know there isn't no beast... but I know there isn't no fear, either.. Unless we get frightened of people.
Who is Piggy?
Ralph believes they should use this to be rescued.
This character dies after stumbling into the middle of the hunters' war dance.
Who is Simon?
This is what Piggy does when he is nervous.
What is polishes his glasses?
This is a symbol of the power of evil which exists within every human being.
What is the Lord of the Flies?
"There's another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make fire."
This caused the Navy to arrive at the island?
What is the smoke from the whole island being on fire?
This character is embarassed by the condition of Ralph at the end of the novel.
Who is the naval officer?
This symbol is a reflection of the boy's fear and their capacity for savagery.
What is the beast?
"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are the best at everything."
Who is Jack?