Symbolism
What does the conch symbolize?
Civilization and Order
decorous
keeping with good taste, exhibiting appropriate behavior
What is the scar?
Where the plane crashed on the island
Who is killed by the rest of the boys?
Simon
What is the chant the boys say when they play their pig hunting game?
"Kill the pig/beast! Cut his/her throat! Spill his/her blood!"
What do Piggy's glasses symbolize?
Intellect
The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
effulgence
Who is missing?
The boy with the mulberry birthmark
Boy who first brought up the beast
The boy with the mulberry birthmark
What is the "second island" where Jack sets up camp called?
Castle Rock
What does the beast symbolize?
Man's innate evil
Belligerence
War-like behavior
Who throws rocks at Henry but intentionally misses?
Roger
Boy who almost died in their game but survived
Robert
What did Piggy's aunt do for work?
Own a candy store
Rain
Change
an accusation in response to one from someone else
recrimination
Where does both Simon and the parachutist end up?
In the ocean
The first to see the dead parachutist
Samneric
When does this novel take place?
A few years in the future-- from its publication date:1954
What does the paint symbolize?
Abandoning civilization and descending into savagery
specious
superficially plausible but actually wrong; misleading
When else was Simon mistaken for the beast?
When Phil saw him in the middle of the night, going to his sacred place
Distant relative of the boy with the Mulberry birthmark
Henry
Two things that inspired William Golding to write the Lord of the Flies
A discussion with a class full of boys and his experience in the war