Plot
What major event influenced the creation of Lord of the Flies?
World War II
Who is the novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island.
Ralph
What were the names of the pair of twins closely allied with Ralph?
Sam and Eric
What begins to break down the boy's society at the beginning?
Fear
What represents authority, power, and order?
Conch shell
Who hallucinates and speaks to The Lord of The Flies?
Simon
Who is the novel’s antagonist, one of the older boys stranded on the island. _____ becomes the leader of the hunters but longs for total power and becomes increasingly wild, barbaric, and cruel as the novel progresses.
Jack
What was the name given to the sow’s head that Jack’s gang impales on a stake and erects in the forest as an offering to the “beast.”
Lord of the Flies
What is a theme statement for this novel?
As long as it works, it is right.
What represents hope and salvation, but also destruction?
fire
What do the boys mistaken as a Beastie which enhances their fear?
A dead man in a parachute
Who is Jack’s “lieutenant”? A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him.
Roger
Who does Jack seem to develop a hatred for right from the start?
Piggy
How does Jack control the other boys?
through fear and manipulation
What represents fear and evil?
the beast/Lord of the Flies
Why do Piggy and Ralph join in on Jack's group's last Feast and ritual dance?
They wanted to feel a sense of belonging and missed being apart of a community.
Who is the shy, sensitive boy in the group that in some ways is the only naturally “good” character on the island because he behaves kindly toward the younger boys and is willing to work for the good of their community.
Simon
Who are the three characters that die in Lord of The Flies and how do they die?
Littlun- Fire
Simon- Beaten
Piggy- Boulder
According to the novel, what is man's natural state? The one that we would fall victim to without order.
Cruel and savage-- animalistic
What represents reason, order, and civilization to an extent?
Piggy's Glasses
Jack arrives to the island with a natural pack of followers. What were these boys apart of the Jack happened to be apart of as well?
A choir
Who is beaten by Jack on Castle Rock and helps shows and increase of violence?
Wildfred
The bigun, besides Rodger, who becomes one of Jack's key supporters, accompanying him on the raids on Ralph's camp
Maurice
What does Golding constantly compare the boys to and why?
animals--to illustrate their savage/animalistic nature
What does the scar on the island represent?
The destruction of humanity on nature or the destruction to come because of humanity