Characters
Conflicts & Problems
Symbols & Motifs
Turning Points
Themes in Action
100

This Animal Farm pig uses propaganda and statistics to control the animals.

Who is Squealer?

100

In this dystopian short story, the main character receives this consequence after doing what we might consider perfectly normal. 

What is being arrested/detained?

100

In "The Yellow Wallpaper," this object symbolizes the narrator’s mental imprisonment.

What is the wallpaper?

100

In Lord of the Flies, order begins to collapse after the boys become obsessed with this activity.

What is hunting?

100

This Animal Farm group shows how fear is used to maintain control.

Who are the dogs?

200

This Lord of the Flies character represents logic and intellectual authority.

Who is Piggy?

200

In this French short story, the conflict begins when the main character loses this borrowed item. 

What is the necklace?

200

In Lord of the Flies, this item symbolizes civilization and order.

What is the conch?

200

In The Yellow Wallpaper, the reader learns that this character is truly responsible for the disheveled appearance of the room.

Who is the narrator?

200

In "On the Bridge," Adam avoids blame by doing this to Seth.

What is pointing at him?

300

In "The Yellow Wallpaper," this character’s authority worsens the narrator’s condition.

Who is John?

300

In Animal Farm, conflict rises when this character is chased off the farm.

Who is Snowball?


300

In Animal Farm, this structure represents the pigs’ growing power and corruption.

What is the farmhouse?

300

In Animal Farm, the pigs’ corruption becomes undeniable after this violent event.

What are the executions?

300

In "The Yellow Wallpaper," the narrator’s condition worsens because she is forbidden to do this activity.

What is writing?

400

In "The Pedestrian," this character is detained for  their "abnormal" behavior. (Full Name)

Who is Leonard Mead?

400

In Lord of the Flies, the conflict between order and savagery is symbolized between these two characters.

Who are Ralph and Jack?

400

In "The Pedestrian," this object symbolizes cold, impersonal authority.

What is the police car?

400

In Romeo and Juliet, tension peaks after these two characters are killed.

Who are Tybalt and Mercutio?

400

In The Pedestrian, society values "sameness" over this personal freedom.

What is individuality?

500

This Romeo and Juliet character instigates fights, but has an ironic ending. 

Who is Mercutio?

500

In Romeo and Juliet, this main conflict takes places between the two main families.

What is the feud?

500

In "The Necklace," Mathilde believes the necklace represents wealth, but it actually turns out to be this.

What is fake / not valuable?

500

In On the Bridge, the turning point occurs when Seth is faced with this.

Who are the group of guys?

500

This famous line from the end of Lord of the Flies reveals the deeper themes present throughout the book through Ralph's emotional release. 

What is, "Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy"?