Lord of the Flies
He is the MAIN protagonist of the Lord of the Flies.
Ralph
Ralph represents this theme in the novel.
Civilization / Order
We meet these two characters in the beginning of Lord of the Flies.
Ralph and Piggy
The boys go looking for this at the start of chapter 7.
The beast
The conch shell represents this in the book.
Order / Leadership / Power
This is who comes to the island that everyone thinks is a beast.
Dead parachutist
This is what the boys cling to when they first arrive on the island.
The rules and order from their old life.
The conch shell is used for these purposes in the book.
To call meetings and decide who is talking. It is a way to maintain order.
At the end of Lord of the Flies, the boys are rescued by this person.
Naval officer
Piggy's character in the book represents this.
Logic / Reason / Intellect
He pushes the boulder causing Piggy's death.
Roger
How does Jack reacts to the idea rules on the island, during the first gathering of the boys?
He says they need rules because they are "not savages." He also looks forward to punishing anyone who breaks the rules.
This two things happen when the boys first build a fire on the island.
It burns out of control and kills a littlun.
Jack does this with the pig's head.
He leaves it on a stick for the beast
When Piggy is killed and the conch is broken, it symbolizes this in the book.
The end of Civilization / Leadership / Reasoning
This is the color of the birthmark of the boy who goes missing.
Mulberry (Reddish Purple)
The author of Lord of the Flies, William Golding, said he believes this about human nature.
What is all humans are evil without the rules of society
Roger throws stones at a little boy on the beach, but this one thing prevents him from directly injuring this boy.
He is still holding onto civilization / rules
In the book, this is the Lord of the Flies.
Pig's head on a stick
The signal fire in the book represents this.
Hope / Rescue
This character does not dance at Jack’s first feast on the mountaintop and is considered an outsider throughout the novel.
Simon
Jack and his hunters go through these physical changes which represents their savagery.
Jack and his hunters wear clay face paint, and eventually, Jack does not wear clothes?
Simon means this when he says, "What I mean is...maybe it's only us."
He is suggesting that the beast is themselves.
(They all have fear and evil inside them.)
Jack does this to get Ralph out of his hiding spot in the thicket.
He sets a fire which soon spreads to the whole island
The beast represents this in the book.
The boys' fear and inner evil