Plot
Who wrote Lord of the Flies?
Who is William Golding?
Who was the president during the Covid-19 pandemic?
Who is Donald Trump?
Name the four main characters.
Who are Ralph Piggy Jack Simon?
Represents authority, power and order.
What is conch shell?
Why do the boys initially build a fire on the mountain?
What is so that someone might see the smoke and rescue them?
How did the boys end up on the island?
What is a plane crash?
Who was the president during 9/11?
Who is George Bush?
What boy emerged as a leader at the beginning of the story?
Who is Ralph?
Represents hope and salvation, but also destruction
What is the fire?
What tool do the boys use to make fire?
What is piggy's glasses?
What causes the first real fear among the boys, leading them to believe there might be a “beast”?
What is the dead parachutist / strange shadows on the mountain?
Who was the president during the Crisis of Confidence?
Who is Jimmy Carter?
Who is constantly bullied throughout the story?
Who is Piggy?
How does Jack control the other boys?
What is through fear and manipulation?
This activity gets out of control when Jack becomes more obsessed with it than with keeping the signal fire going.
What is hunting pigs?
What happens when the boys fail to maintain the signal fire?
What is a ship passes by without seeing them, missing a chance for rescue?
What kind of farmer was Jimmy Carter before his presidency?
What is a peanut farmer?
From the start, this boy shows a darker side of human nature; he quietly delights in others’ pain and begins to act on violent impulses, hinting at the cruelty he later fully embraces.
Who is Roger?
Represents fear and evil
What is the beast / Lord of the flies?
“We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages.” Who says this?
Who is Ralph?
The conflict between Ralph and Jack over priorities on the island (rescue vs. hunting) demonstrates what major turning point in the boys’ behavior?
What is the shift from civilized order to savagery?
What was the famously named act put in place after the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
What is the Patriot Act?
This boy frequently challenges the group’s moral compass and tries to confront the true nature of their fears, yet his warnings are misunderstood or ignored, making him a symbolic figure of innate goodness.
Who is Simon?
Represents reason and science
What is the glasses?
When Jack paints his face, it symbolizes more than disguise; it represents this larger change in behavior.
What is loss of shame and embrace of savagery / liberation from civilized restraints?