Characters
Themes
Lord of the Flies 1-6
Lord of the Flies 7-9
History and Context
100

This is what Samneric  think is "The Beast."

What is a parachutist/skydiver?

100

This character represents Civilization and order throughout the novel, Lord of the Flies.

Who is Ralph? 

100

This word is symbolic in Chapters 1 and 9 and serves to personify the island. Describes the mark the plane crash makes on the island. 

What is the scar?

100

He volunteers to venture through the jungle alone in chapter 7. 

Who is Simon?

100

Before Golding was an author, his profession was this.

What is a professor/teacher?

200

He is the first character the reader is introduced in Lord of the Flies.

Who is Ralph?

200

The boys cling to the rules and order from their ____________.

What is their former life?

200

This treasure is used to call and maintain the order of meetings.

What is the conch?

200

Ralph gets carried away when the boys decide to do this in Chapter 7.

What is the pig hunt?

200

During WWII, Golding enlisted in the Royal Navy. Witnessing the _______of the war is what inspired him to write Lord of the Flies.

What is evil?

300

Gentle, quiet, and murdered by the mob of boys

Who is Simon?

300

This character represents the savagery or evil of man. 

Who is Jack? 

300

During the course of Lord of the Flies, a littlun is killed by this natural force produced by the boys.

What is a fire?

300

Jack does this with the pig's head after the pig hunt.

What is leaves it on a stick for the beast?

300

This novel, a story of boys living on an unsupervised island, is on which Golding based his novel, Lord of the Flies, but believed that this story was unrealistic. 

What is Coral Island? 

400

This character is the first to die on the island. 

Who is the littlun with the mulberry birthmark? 

400

Jack figures out he can use fear of the beastie to gain more of this. 

What is power?

400

This emotion divides the the boys.

What is fear?

400

This character's death symbolizes the first sign of loss of innocence

Who is The Boy with the Mulberry Birthmark?

400

This war experience deeply affected and influenced Golding to write about the dark side of human nature.

What is World War II?

500

This character discovers the conch in Chapter 1.

Who is Piggy?

500

The boy's descent into savagery is represented by the appearance of the boys' _____________. 

What is cleanliness?

500

They were on duty when the parachute man fell from the sky.

Who are Samneric? 

500

Jack suggests the boys do this when they are scared of the storm in chapter 9.

What is dance? 


500

Golding believed that his profession as this inspired him to write Lord of the Flies because of his experience unruly young boys.

What is a teacher?