Characters
This boy is elected chief.
Who is Ralph?
This brilliantly white object symbolizes power and law.
What is the conch?
This quote explains why this person didn't do this action in chapter 1 (name the character and action):
"They knew very well why he hadn’t; because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood."
What is "Jack not killing the pig?"
The boys are on the island because this happened to their plane.
What is "it was shot down?"
The boys swim in this body of water, which is a body of water separated from the ocean with coral or sand.
What is a lagoon?
These people become the hunters and also caretakers of the fire.
Who is the choir?
Clothing, or the lack thereof, symbolizes this trait.
What is civilization or savagery?
"The world, that understandable and lawful world, was slipping away" describes how Ralph felt when the boys did what at a meeting late at night?
What is 'voted that they believed in ghosts'? or 'believed in ghosts'?
What is "mulberry?"
Gesticulate means to do this.
What is move the arms or to gesture?
Piggy says that if this person was chief, they'd have "all hunting and no fire" and that the boys would die on the island instead of getting rescued.
Jack uses this symbol to cover up his old identity.
What is the mask?
Simon believes that "maybe" this thing is "only us."
What is 'the beast'?
While Jack is out hunting, Ralph and Simon build this on the beach.
What is shrill?
This boys parents are both dead.
Who is Piggy?
This symbol has dual meanings: hope and destruction.
What is the fire?
The "invisible yet strong ... taboo of the old life" prevented Roger from doing this action.
What is "hit Henry with rocks?"
This is the three-part incantation the hunters use when they come back from killing a pig.
What is "kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood? (or bash her in)"
Pronounce these words out loud correctly: lament, lamentable, lamentation.
What is laMENT, laMENTable, and LAmentation.
This character refuses to eat meat from the killed pig.
Who is Simon?
What is "the scar" or "the plane crash"?
"The knowledge and the awe" of seeing this "made [Ralph] savage."
What is "the fire?"
These two characters fight for the conch in chapter 5. Ralph takes it from them.
Who are Jack and Piggy?
Piggy is often described this way; he often feels mistreated.