Characters
Who is the chubby, glasses wearing boy with child-like innocence?
Piggy
Represents authority, order, civilization
The conch
What most of the boys (Jack & his posse) have succumbed to
Savagery
What is a simile? Give an example.
A figure of speech/literary device involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using the words "like" or "as" to do so.
Example: He was as brave as a lion.
Who said, "But tomorrow we'll hunt and when we've got meat we'll have a feast"?
Jack
Can be seen as a Christ figure; has instinctive goodness and represents the Superego
Simon
Piggy's glasses
Instinct that Ralph, Simon, and Piggy share
Civilized/Civilization
What is a metaphor? Give an example.
A literary element that is used to compare two separate things, NOT using "like" or "as"
Example: Her long hair was a flowing golden river.
"You let me carry the conch, Ralph. I'll show him the one thing he hasn't got."
Piggy
The chief who has succumbed to complete savagery and represents the I.D.
Jack
Represents "paradise" and the Garden of Eden
The island
What many of the boys have lost
Innocence
A literary element that hints at or gestures toward something that is going to take place later in the plot.
"Which is better, law and rescue or hunting and breaking things up?"
Ralph
Roger
Represents the hope for salvation
The fire
What Simon realizes after his "talk" with the Lord of the Flies
Man is inherently evil
What is an allusion? What KIND of allusion is seen in Lord of the Flies?
Allusion is a figure of speech, in which an object or circumstance from unrelated context is referred to covertly or indirectly. It is left to the audience to make the direct connection. Religious allusions are seen in the novel.
"You'll get back all right. I think so, anyway."
Simon
Represents the Devil/Satan, evil, decay, destruction
The Lord of the Flies
Something the boys in Jack's tribe have shown. (Hint: similar to conformity)
Mob mentality
What literary device is seen when saved by destroying themselves (lighting their island on fire)?
Situational irony.
"I'm warning you. I'm going to get angry. D'you see? You're not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island."
Lord of the Flies