Background
"We've got to have special people looking after the fire."
Ralph
At the end of the novel, these characters fall victim to Jack’s manipulation and coercion.
Sam and Eric
Where does Percival say the beast comes from at night?
The sea
"If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down."
Jack
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
Where are Jack's tribe's headquarters?
Castle Rock
William Golding was born in this country
England
"I wanted to go to a place...just a place I know."
Simon
What is the age range of the boys/characters on the island?
6-12
Who does Piggy live with back home?
His auntie
I know there isn't no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn't no fear, either...Unless we get frightened of people.
Piggy
A bigun who becomes one of Jack's key supporters, accompanying him on the raids on Ralph's camp.
Maurice
Who is the first to see the dead parachutist?
Sam and Eric
The novel's title refers to what biblical creature?
Beelzebub
I've been watching the sea. There hasn't been the trace of a ship. Perhaps we'll never be rescued.
Roger
A littlun who has a nervous breakdown and is often picked on by the other littluns. He introduces the idea that the beast might arrive from the sea.
Percival
Who says they see a snake-beast in the forest?
The boy with the mulberry birthmark.
Represents something one does or wears when "slipping into savagery"
Jack's face paint