Plot
What decade was the book published in?
1950s-specifically 1954
True or False: Jack did not kill the first pig he saw because he did not have a proper weapon
False! He did not kill the pig because of the unbearable blood and the idea of taking a life.
What symbolizes a connection to civilization and home?
The signal fire
Bollocks to the Rules!
Jack
Who is “lost” or dies as a result of the wildfire?
The littlun with the mulberry birthmark
Which character sneaks off to the jungle and is called out for “mucking about in the dark”
Simon
Define Foil
Two opposite characters who help to characterize each other or illustrate a theme
You said you'd keep the fire going and you let it out!
Ralph
What are the 3 main reasons the boys choose Ralph as leader?
The conch
He is tall/good-looking
He seems calm “a stillness about him”
Which character is described as having “an ugly face without silliness?”
Jack
When Jack paints his face and puts on a mask in chapter 4, what does it symbolize?
His loss of identity/innocence/humanity
Things are breaking up. I don't understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then-...then people started getting frightened."
Ralph
Who is present when Jack paints his mask?
Jack, Roger, Bill, SamnEric
Which character is described as having “a gloomy” face and is “unsociable”?
Roger
What does the beastie symbolize in general?
What does it symbolize to Simon?
Fear/Fear of the unknown
Man’s inherent corrupt nature
“I expect we’ll want to know all their names, and make a list. We ought to have a meeting.”
Piggy
Which characters are present when the ship goes by?
Ralph, Piggy, Simon, Maurice
What are the two specific things that plague the littluns lives?
They have nightmares and cry out constantly
They are sick because all they eat is unripened fruit
Describe what the conch symbolizes at first and then what it symbolizes in chapter 5. Provide a detail that reveals the conch’s change in meaning? You must write this out
Initially order/democracy
Then the boys society falling apart
The conch is weathered, pink and becoming transparent. The boys (Jack) stop holding it and Ralph is afraid to use it because they may ignore it.
We could be sort of...what's the dirtiest thing there is?
Simon