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Novel Knowledge
Events
Who Am I?
(Character Definitions)
Simon Says
Symbols
100
My most famous work of literature was "Lord of the Flies."
Who is William Golding?
100
The plane ride was a bit "bumpy" and as a result this is what happened.
What is the boys were ejected from a plane in a passenger tube?
100
The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island.
Who is Ralph?
100
This message, spoken by Simon, was often dismissed as silly throughout the novel.
What is “What I mean is . . . maybe it’s only us?”
100
The ability to see freely and to perceive what is best.
What does Piggy's glasses represent?
200
This book has this many chapters.
What is 12 chapters?
200
I go MIA when the fire erupts on the mountain.
Who is The Boy With The Mulberry Colored Birthmark?
200
The novel’s antagonist, one of the older boys stranded on the island. ______ becomes the leader of the hunters but longs for total power and becomes increasingly wild, barbaric, and cruel as the novel progresses.
Who is Jack?
200
Simon proposes this idea to this character three times.
Who is Ralph?
200
Authority and order is represented in this object.
What is the conch?
300
The publication year of this literature masterpiece.
What is 1954?
300
I am frightened to see the beast on the mountain while tending to the fire.
Who is Samneric?/ Who is Sam?/Who is Eric?
300
A whiny, intellectual boy, ____inventiveness frequently leads to innovation, such as the makeshift sundial that the boys use to tell time.
Who is Piggy?
300
Simon realizes this person as the true beast.
Who is the dead pilot?
300
This object symbolizes evil in the boys (humanity)?
What is the Lord of the Flies?
400
These people meant the world to him and that is why his book is dedicated to them.
Who are William Golding's parents?
400
We are to blame for the fire going out the first time.
Who is Samneric?/Who are Sam and Eric?
400
_________ closely allied with Ralph. _______ are always together, and the other boys often treat them as a single entity, calling them ________. At the end of the novel, they fall victim to Jack’s manipulation.
Who is Samneric?/Who are Sam and Eric?
400
“What I mean is . . . maybe it’s only us?” This message is often seen as _______ to readers (think religion).
What is Simon's prophetic message?
400
This thing has been theorized to represent the world and how governance of the world should occur in "Lord of the Flies".
What is the island?
500
This is a prestigious award that William Golding received for "Lord of the Flies."
What is a Nobel Prize for Literature?
500
I, Simon, am verbally assaulted by a dead pig in this chapter.
What is Chapter 8?
500
"______ gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law."
Who is Roger?
500
I, Simon, say nothing during this conversation with the beast in this chapter.
What is Chapter 8?
500
It is rather fitting that a dead pilot represents this in "Lord of the Flies."
What is man's inhumanity to man/Man's ultimate end represented as in "Lord of the Flies?"