Characters
The elected leader who represents human beings’ capacity for civility
Who is Ralph?
The primary food source for most of the boys
What is fruit?
Evoked in the boys by thoughts of a beast the prowls the island
What is fear?
Represents authority, power, and order
What is the conch?
“I ought to be chief…because I’m chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.”
Who is Jack?
A choir boy with face paint and red hair
Ralph and the boys are camped out here
What is the beach?
The defects of society can be traced back to the defects of this
What is humanity?
Represents hope and salvation, but also destruction
What is fire?
“Mind out! Give ‘em back! I can hardly see! You’ll break the conch!”
Who is Piggy?
A boy whose real name we do not know that represents the scientific and rational side of humanity
Who is Piggy?
It sits on top of the mountain
What is the fire?
According to the novel, man's natural state is this
What is savagery?
Represents fear and evil
What is the beast?
“Can’t you see we ought to–ought to die before we let the fire out?”
Who is Ralph?
A pair of twins allied with Ralph
Who are Sam 'n Eric?
They are used to drink water out of
What are coconuts?
To emphasize their regressive traits, Golding often compares the boys to these
What are animals?
Represent reason and science
What are Piggy's specs/glasses?
“I don’t believe in the beast.”
A little ‘un who had a nightmare of the beast and awoke to see a shadowy figure in the woods
Who is Phil?
Green, aromatic plants that look like candles
What are candle buds?
Jack’s disdain for the conch stems from his apparent dislike of this
What is order?
Represents the world humanity inhabits
What is the island?
“The beast followed us–” “I saw it slinking behind the trees–”
Who are Sam 'n Eric?