Lord of le sigh

How is the conch first used?

to gather anyone who might be on the island in one spot

How does Jack first show his leadership style?

by bossing around the choir boys

Which quote best shows the government style on the island when they are first setting up the rules?

"We can't have everyone talking at once...I'll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it while he's speaking."

What is Ralph's main goal?

To ensure that everyone has fun and gets rescued

What is Piggy's leadership trait?

Being good at thinking things through

How is Jack portrayed once he paints his face?

Like an animal who is on the hunt for prey

What does Ralph do while Jack is hunting in the woods?

Building huts without much help from anyone else

What makes Ralph doubt his belief that "this is a good island?"

The little'uns are afraid

If you wanted to prove that Jack's hunters still have remnants of civility left in the early part of the novel, which evidence would be the strongest support for this claim?

"Now, though there was no parent to let fall a heavy hand, Maurice still felt the unease of wrong doing."

The scene with Roger and the little'un on the beach serves as

foreshadowing for future events later in the novel

It becomes obvious that Jack and his hunters care more about hunting pigs than getting rescued when

they go off hunting and let the fire go out while a ship passes by

For Jack's tribe, the need for meat becomes secondary to the

lust to kill

If you wanted to prove that Ralph represents the desire to be pure and civilized, which form of evidence would be the strongest support for this claim?

"He noticed- in this new mood of comprehension- how the folds were stiff like card-board and unpleasant; noticed too how the frayed edges of his short were making an uncomfortable, pink area on the front of his thighs. With convulsion of the mind, Ralph discovered dirt and decay, understood how much he disliked [it]."

Once Ralph begins to reflect on how chaotic the island is getting, what realization makes him re-adjust his values?

That maybe he isn't as qualified to be chief as he once thought because he can't think like Piggy can.

The effect is the coconut shells of water are empty. What is the cause?

The boys quit following the procedure and just drink straight from the river.

Piggy uses ___ to explain why there isn't a need to worry about a beast on the island.

logic - "It's scientific, that's what it is. I know there isn't no beast- not with claws and all that..."

Jack uses ___ to explain why there isn't a need to worry about a beast on the island.

fear - "serves you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!"

Simon uses ___ to explain why there isn't a need to worry about a beast on the island.

insight - "Maybe there is a beast... what I mean is maybe it's only us."

Because of the time period setting, we can infer that the "beast from the air" is

a soldier who was shot down during WWII

Dramatic irony occurs when

the audience knows what the beastie really is, but the characters do not

The author most likely puts in the mock pig hunting scene to

foreshadow how they will eventually hunt a human like they hunt pigs

The most precise way to describe Jack's round character is to say Jack changes from a civilized schoolboy to a(n)

tyrant obsessed with hunting

While staring at the impaled pig's head on a stick, Simon has a mystical experience that reveals

the beast is the evil within the human heart and mind

If you wanted to show that Jack's form of ruling is a dictatorship which evidence would provide the strongest support?

"Jack rose from the log that was his throne and sauntered to the edge of the grass."

Simon's death represents the death of

purity and peace

The murder of Piggy and the destruction of the conch best represents

the destruction of logic and order

The fire in the final chapter is best interpreted as

ironic because it brought rescue when it was actually being used for doom

The end of the book is

metaphorical because the Naval Officer is being compared to a savior who will rescue the boys from their sins and their inner darkness and ironic because the Navel Officer is rescuing them from one war zone and taking them back home to another war zone