Vocabulary
Audible
able to be heard
What character represents the “loss of innocence”, or “a coming of age” the best?
Ralph
Golding’s characters, a group of English schoolboys, find themselves on tropical island as a result of
A plane crash due to an atomic war
The conch is
A symbol of authority, order, and civilization
Ralph is characterized as being
Handsome, athletic, authoritative in appearance
Decorum
behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety
What is Simon saying when he thinks the “beast” is inside the boys themselves?
The dark side of the human personality can destroy mankind
Piggy’s glasses were used to
light fires
fire and smoke
Civilization and rescue
Who are the major groups on the island
Littluns, Biguns, Hunters
Parody
an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
After Jack paints his face, he feels
Anonymous, powerful, savage
Simon find out that the beast is actually
A dead parachute man
Jack is characterized as being
Cruel, bully
Contemptuously
in a scornful way that shows disdain
What do the littluns represent
Unnamed masses
When building their first fire, the boys
Use Piggy’s glasses and accidentally set a forest fire
Jack and the tribe pretend to kill __________during a dance and chant.
Simon
Gesticulated
use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words
Towards the end of the book. What gives Jack his power?
Food, Fear, a common enemy, protection
The Lord of the Flies is
A pig’s head on a stick
“Samneric” refers to
Two twin boys