Literary Terms
Name the type of conflict that is between Ralph and Jack.
What is "Man v. Man"?
What rule is Jack continuously trying to disobey, especially during this chapter?
What is "the rules of the conch"?
What new part of the island do the boys explore in this chapter?
What is "Castle Rock" or "The tail end of the island"?
What is the chant that the boys use during pig hunts?
What is "Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Bash her in!"
What is Simon actually experiencing when he is 'talking' to Lord of the Flies?
What is "a seizure"?
What is a static character?
What is "a character that does not change during the story"?
When Ralph is pondering what he needs to say at the beginning of the chapter, who does he say he wished he were more like?
Who is "Piggy"?
Who first sees the "beast" at the top of the mountain?
Who is "Samneric"?
What does Ralph get to experience during the pig hunt during this chapter?
What is the Lord of the Flies?
What is "the pigs head on a stick"?
Name the literary device used in this statement: "High up among the bulging clouds thunder went off like a gun."
What is a "simile"?
Who said, "You don’t really mean that we got to be frightened all the time of nothing? Life...is scientific, that’s what it is."
What is "The Beast from Air" in Chapter 6?
What is "the dead parachutist"?
What worry does Ralph have as he was looking out over the ocean in this chapter?
What is "that they will never get home"?
What comment caused Jack to split off from Ralph's tribe?
What is "his hunters are just 'boys armed with sticks'" or "his hunters are 'cowards'"?
What is diction?
What is "the author’s choice of words"?
Name TWO concerns Ralph brings up at the meeting with the boys in this chapter.
What are: not keeping the fire lit, going to the bathroom in the wrong place, not collecting food or water, not helping with the huts, making cooking fires on the beach and not the mountain, the beast.
What are the reasons that Ralph does not like the new area of the island they explored?
What is: "because it is rotten, it does not have fresh water, and there are no shelters"?
Who ends up playing the part of the pig during their "game"?
Who is "Robert"?
Name at least two of the boys that go to join Jack's tribe during this chapter.
Who are "Maurice, Roger, or Bill"?
Give the definition of the "Man v. Society" conflict type?
What is "when a character or a group of characters fight against the society in which they live" or "when the character fights against social traditions or rules (fight for freedom, rights, for a cause etc.)"?
Explain what Simon means when he says, "Maybe there is a beast...maybe it's only us."
What is: Simon is referring to the evil within man (the theme), so the real thing they should be afraid of is themselves, because they are evil.
How does Ralph try to assert/show his leadership during this chapter?
What is "he goes first into Castle Rock without the others" or "he demands that they go back to the mountain"?
What three boys go to the top of the mountain to look for the "beast"?
Who are "Roger, Ralph, and Jack"?
Explain what the Lord of the Flies means when it says: "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!...You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?”
What is "They cannot kill the "beast" because it is the evil that resides in the human heart/mind, resulting in Jack/the boys going crazy."