Piggy's Wisdom
This character is seen as the smartest person on the island.
Who is Piggy?
Ralph and Jack begin to clash due to their differences in this area
What is leadership or their priorities (Ralph's priority is the shelters, order, fire, Jack's is hunting?)
The fire represents this to the boys.
What is hope, rescue, and connection to civilizations?
This "beastie" is what terrifies the littluns on the island
What is a snake-like creature or monster
Simon is known for doing this even at night
What is walking around alone or going to his secret spot?
The boys don't respect Piggy for this reason.
Ralph demonstrates this leadership quality that Jack often lacks.
What is diplomacy or concern for the group's overall well-being?
Jack and the others paint their faces in Chapter 4, symbolizing this.
What is the descent into savagery or the masking of their true selves?
Samneric mistake this object for the beast in Chapter #6.
What is the dead parachutist?
Ralph is so focused on keeping the rules because of this.
What is his desire to maintain order and ensure the boys are rescued.
Ralph comes to realize this important thing about Piggy.
What is that Piggy is the source of wisdom and logic on the island.
Jack is often seen doing this instead of helping with the shelters.
What is hunting or obsessing over killing a pig?
Simon, the quiet boy who often wanders alone, symbolizes this.
What is a natural goodness?
This character believes that the beast comes from water
Who is one of the littluns or Percival
The parallels between life on the island and the outside world reflects this.
What is the conflict of war or the breakdown of society in the adult world?
What is the symbol of intellect, reason, and the ability to make fire (civilization)?
As time passes, Ralph becomes more and more concerned with this on the island.
What is maintaining order and keeping the signal fire going?
Piggy's glasses breaking is symbolic of this greater loss.
What is the loss of rationality, intellect, and breakdown of civilization?
They boys react to the idea of the beast in this way.
What is fear, panic, and attempts to rationalize or understand it?
Ralph struggles as a leader in this way as the story progresses.
What is losing control over the group and struggling to maintain authority?
After a successful hunt, Jack refuses to give Piggy meat for this reason.
What is that Jack dislikes Piggy and wants to assert dominance over him?
This leadership struggle between Ralph and Jack reflects a greater theme of the novel.
What is the conflict between civilization and savagery?
The shelters that Ralph builds symbolize this effort.
What is the attempt to maintain order, security, and civilization?
The beast symbolizes this greater concept in the novel.
What is the innate savagery and evil within humans?
In trying to be civilized at first, the boys do this to mirror society.
What is holding assemblies, establishing rules, and assigning roles like fire-watchers.