William Golding 👨
William Golding was born in this year.
What is 1911?
This item is used to gather the boys and quickly becomes a symbol of leadership.
What is the conch?
This person can interrupt a speaker holding the conch.
Who is Ralph?
Ralph is frustrated because most boys refuse to do this.
What is build shelters?
These younger boys spend their days playing, eating, and crying.
Who are the littluns?
Before writing Lord of the Flies, Golding worked in this profession.
What is a schoolmaster (teacher)?
Ralph is chosen as the leader for this reason.
What is his charisma and the respect he earns by blowing the conch?
The littluns fear this mysterious creature.
What is the beast or snake-like thing?
Jack becomes increasingly obsessed with this activity.
What is hunting?
He throws stones near Henry but deliberately avoids hitting him, held back by lingering social conditioning.
Who is Roger?
Golding’s experience in this deeply influenced his writing.
What is World War II?
This boy shares a personal detail with Ralph, hoping it will stay private.
Who is Piggy?
The boys' first fire gets out of control because of this.
What is a lack of planning and supervision?
Ralph says the boys act like this instead of being responsible group members.
What is children at play?
Jack’s mask causes this change in his behavior.
What is he becomes more savage and unrestrained?
This real-life event helped inspire the idea for Lord of the Flies.
What is reading a bedtime adventure story to his children?
The boys were being evacuated from this worldwide situation when their plane crashed.
What is a war?
Piggy tries to explain this difficult truth, which the boys ignore.
What is that no one knows where they are?
This boy is the only one who helps Ralph build huts.
Who is Simon?
Piggy is considered an outsider by many of the boys for this reason.
What is his physical appearance and intellectual nature?
In 1983, Golding received this prestigious award.
What is the Nobel Prize in Literature?
This character represents rational thinking, but struggles to gain respect.
Who is Piggy?
This early tragedy occurs during the fire, though most avoid talking about it.
What is the disappearance of the littlun?
Ralph believes the shelters are necessary for this reason.
What is to give the littluns a sense of protection and normalcy?
Jack refuses to give Piggy meat for this reason.
What is to assert dominance and punish Piggy for speaking up?