Lord of the Flies Study Guide

the boys are on the island because

their plane was shot down

the boy with the mulberry birthmark who was fearful of the “snake-thingy“

disappers

the only boy that does not participate in murder was

simon

the boys could not signal the ship that Ralph spotted on the horizon because

they let the fire go out

when Robert suggests that the hunting game needs a real pig “because you’ve got to kill him,“ what does jack suggest using

littlun

while staring at the severed pig’s head, Simon has a mystical experience that reveals to him that he beast is

the evil within every human’s heart

jack impales the pigs head on a stick

as an offering to the beast

piggy suffers from

asthma

ralph is upset when the fire goes out because

a ship as passed the island without rescuing them

why/how do samneric end up in jack’s camp

they are taken captive by jack’s boys

how does piggy die

roger kills him with a rock

the masks of face paint represent

casting off civilization

who said “I ought to be chief...because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp.“

jack

who said “Look at us! How many are we? And yet we can’t keep a fire going to make smoke. Don’t you understand? Can’t you see we ought to – out to die before we let the fire out?”

ralph

who said “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are the way they are?”

The Lord of the Flies

who said '“Nobody killed, I hope? Any dead bodies?"

the officer

who said “What I mean is... maybe it's only us,"

simon

conch shell

democracy, order, laws

piggy’s specs

science and intellectual endeavors

the beast

the evil inside all of us

the Lord of the Flies

Beelzebub, devil

the signal fire

boys’ connection to civilization

roger

evil, sadist

ralph

civilization

jack

anarchy, chaos

simon

goodness, Christ-like character

piggy

reason, intelligence

dies when the rock falls on him

piggy

the elected leader of the group

ralph

puts his own lust for hunting above everyone else

jack

represents power-hungry dictator in society

jack

represents the philosophers in society

simon

represents good-hearted rule-following leaders in society

ralph

is killed when the boys are in hyped-up frenzy

simon

is killed when the boys are in a hyped-up frenzy

simon

starts the fire that ironically brings rescue

jack

talks to the Lord of the flies

simon

represents the scholars in society

piggy