Lord of the Flies
A dead man with a prachute
What comes to the island that everyone thinks is a beast?
What character do we see first?
Ralph
What do the boys go looking for at the start of chapter 7?
The beast
Ralph
Who is the main character in the story?
What do the boys use the conch for?
They use the conch to call meetings and to decide who is talking. It is a way to maintain order.
What does Ralph do when he joins in on the pig hunt?
He feels that he gets carried away.
Roger
What is the name of the character who pushes the boulder causing Piggy's death?
What happens when the boys first build a fire?
They get carried away and it gets out of control. It burns up loads of firewood and kills a littlun.
What does Jack do with the pig's head?
the little boy with a scar on his face.
Who is the first to die on the island?
What is it that divides the group?
Fear of the beast / of the unknown. Jack calls the littluns "cry-babies". Ralph sees that fear of the beast is damaging the group and wants them to "decide there's nothing in it"
What does Piggy's death symbolize?
The death of logic and reason
Who finds the conch between the whole group.
Piggy
What does Simon mean he says "what I mean is...maybe it's only us."
He is suggesting that the beast is themselves - he realizes that everybody has evil inside them.
What does this quote mean at the end of the novel - "Ralph wept for the end of innocence"?
Ralph has seen the true nature of mankind and has witnessed two blameless characters being killed by savage mobs.