Characters
This character has asthma and wears glasses; he gets picked on by the boys because he is different.
Who is Piggy?
This functions as a symbol for society and the world at large.
What is the island?
When all of the boys (even the youngest) join in the laughter at Piggy's name.
What is the influence of the crowd?
This symbol becomes a sign of unity and order on the island.
What is the conch?
These two characters fight over the importance of their responsibilities: hunting vs. building shelters.
Who are Ralph and Jack?
This boy was head of the choir and bragged that he could sing a C Sharp.
Who is Jack?
Piggy suggests that the plane crashed for this reason, indicating a connection that will be developed between the island and the real world.
What is because they were attacked during the war?
When Ralph is elected, and Jack stands up as if he is going to object.
Golding uses this imagery to clearly establish a hierarchy amongst the choir.
What are gold and silver badges?
This character wants to take down names, but he is unable to do so, because the boys run off to build a fire.
Who is Piggy?
This character thinks creatively and intuitively; early on, he suggests improvising for a map by making scratches on the trees.
Who is Simon?
When the boys long for a sign from the adult world, they miss this dropping to the island because they are asleep.
What is a man with a parachute?
Golding described the overall theme of the novel as an attempt to trace the defects in ________ back to the defects in_____________. (Order counts!)
What are society and human nature?
A symbol for knowledge, logic, and reason.
What are Piggy's glasses.
This boy is missing after the fire that burns out of control when the boys first make a fire on the island.
Who is the boy with a birthmark?
This boy was initially excited to be stranded on the island with no adults and naively believed they would all be rescued by his father.
Who is Ralph?
This happens in the sky when Sam and Eric fall asleep guarding the fire.
What is a dogfight or a battle between planes in the sky?
The beastie.
What is fear?
Golding uses these two descriptions (and titles of chapters) to show how fear is progressing on the island.
What are "Beast from Water" and "Beast from Air"?
Ralph is overtaken by a desire for violence when the boys reenact what happened with the boar with this boy pretending to be the pig.
Who is Robert?
This littlun has sand kicked in his eyes and gets picked on like Piggy.
Who is Percival?
What is something small used to represent something larger?
This character is the first to realize the problem that is also at the heart of the novel's theme when he says, "Maybe there is a beast...maybe it's only us."
Who is Simon?
When Jack punches Piggy, this is symbolic of the breakdown of order on the island.
What is the breaking of Piggy's glasses?
This character threw rocks at Henry to miss because he was afraid of punishment enforced by parents, teachers, and police in his previous life.
Who is Roger?