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Correct the following sentence: Jack seen the beast on the top of the mountain.
Jack saw the beast on the top of the mountain.
This item was used as a tool to light fires.
Piggy's glasses
This was found on the top of the mountain and was mistaken for the beast.
The paratrooper
This character stumbled off a cliff when a boulder was dropped onto him.
Piggy
This event caused the naval ship to find the kids on the island.
Jungle fire
This author had a very negative opinion about mankind.
William Golding
Why is the ending funny?
The officer says that British people should act more civilized, yet he is fighting in a massive war.
________ could be described as asthmatic, heavyset, logical, and talkative.
Piggy
Simon discovers this area.
The glade.
The littluns speculate that the beast comes from:
The ocean
William Golding fought in this war, which shaped his opinions and perspectives on human nature.
World War II
This character broke Piggy's glasses.
Jack
How many chapters were in the book?
Twelve
Why is it significant that most of the island is a dark forest and not a beautiful beach?
Golding is saying that there is more ugliness to man than beauty.
This character was brutally murdered by the survivors, being stabbed, beaten, and ripped apart.
Simon
The boys are from this country.
England
Failure to hold things together, not taking up for Piggy, and being too easy to sway all describe which character?
Ralph
The boys were fleeing this war.
World War III
Jack's tribe resides at this location.
Castle Rock
This figure in the story represents Beezlebub, a general of Satan's army in Hell, as well the evil within all humans.
The pig's head/ "The Lord of the Flies"
This object symbolizes order, rules, and law.
Conch shell
This object represents the fractured mind of man, showing that it is both good and bad. Also, it's breaking symbolizes the split within the group.
Piggy's Glasses
This symbolizes how man's desires and pursuits could have good intentions, but can quickly consume them and cause destruction.
Fire
Identify the THEME of the story.
Deep down, man is evil.
Identify the conflict of the story, both literal and figurative.
A group of boys on an island can't get along (literal). Mankind struggles with the evil inside them (figurative).