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| Why were the boys being evacuated from England? | An atomic war was taking place. When they were escaping, the plane is attacked and the pilot parachutes away |
| What does Ralph and Piggy find and how is it used? | They find a small conch shell. Ralph blows into the conch shell and the boys assemble at a central point to elect a leader. They start a fire and begin to explore the island |
| Where did Lord of the Flies take place? | On an island. It has a jungle on one end with a rocky mountain above it. At the opposite side is a lagoon where the boys bathe. There was food, wildlife, fresh water. It was not their surroundings but themselves that led to the downfall of their civilization. |
| Who is Ralph? | He is the protagonist of Lord of the Flies. He is 12 years old, tall, blond, and attractive. He is a natural leader and after discovering the conch shell, he is elected as leader of the boys. He tries to establish order and focus on rescue but is left to survive on his own in the forest being chased by the transformed savage boys. |
| Who is Jack? | He is the antagonist of Lord of the Flies. He emerges as the leader of the choir boys and eventually becomes the leader of the "hunters". He leads the boys from civilized young men into savages. He is malicious and animalistic and is a cruel bully who is violent. He breaks Piggy's glasses and leads others to murder. He eventually hunts down Jack. |
| Who is Piggy? | He is the fat, asthmatic boy with glasses. He is a typical sissy who is scientific and skeptical. He is an orphan who was brought up by his aunt. He befriends Ralph and builds the sundial. He is the voice of reason and the link to the adult world. The taunting of the boys escalates to beatings and having his glasses stolen. He is eventually killed by Roger. |
| Who is Roger? | He is a character who transforms from a shy, quiet boy to a malicious murderer. He likes to throw rocks and spears at the other boys. He has no regret or symapthy after committing violent acts. He is the most savage and supports Jack. He engages in the sadistic torture of the pig, piggy and the little ones. |
| What was the conflict between Ralph and Jack? | Ralph represents order and composure in society. Jack resented Ralph's leadership and let the barbarism inside of him transform him into a savage like creature who went on a rampage and destroyed the civilization the boys had tried hard to create. |
| What is the conflict with the boys versus the beastie? | The Beastie symbolizes the devil and is the manifestation of all the evil inside the boys. As the boys grew farther away from civilization, their desire to kill the Beastie grew. They went from being scared at first to wanting to hang his head on a pole. |
| What is the conflict with boys versus nature? | The boys went hunting many times to try to keep themselves alive. At first, Ralph was afraid to kill the sow and showed respect for living things in nature. Towards the end, Jack's warrior identity brutally murdered the sow and hung his head on a stick. |
| What is the conflict of boys versus Piggy? | Piggy represents the weak who are often victimized. The boys tortured him because he was fat and needed such thick glasses. His torture can also be considered as a lack of understanding because the boys had never met anyone with problems like this who had asthma. |
| What was the conflict of Jack versus society? | The barbaric quality that arises in Jack throughout the book is really a rebellion against society. He grew tired of taking orders from Ralph and participating in the democratic system that they had. This sense of anarchy must have existed inside of him before the encounter on the island began but his experiences serve to bring it out of him. |
| What is the importance of civilization and order in this book? | Laws and rules are needed to keep the darker side of human nature in check. Without civilization and rules, the boys turn into savages and anarchy replaces democracy. Without civilization and rules, the boy's ideals, values, and basic ideas of right and wrong are forgotten and the evils of human nature emerge. |
| What is the importance of the "loss of identity" to this story? | The boys lose their individual identity when the older children just become known as biguns and the younger ones become known as littluns. They are not known by their names anymore but just as a group term. They become part of a group mentality of savagery. Two twins, Sam and Eric combine personalities to become "Samneric" |
| How is the theme of human nature described in this book? | The shortcomings in human nature will lead to an equally flawed society. Without the restraints of civilization, the behavior of people will regress to their savage beginnings. Survival is of utmost importance. The base form of human nature will lead to anarchy, violence and death. |
| How does the theme of ethical nature of individuals pertain to this book? | The theme of the book is an attempt to trace back the defects of society to the defects of human natuer. The moral is that the shape of soceity must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not any political system. |
| What is the theme of power in this book? | This book shows different types of power, some used and some abused. Democratic power is shown when choices and decisions are shared among many people on the island. Jack shows authoritarian power by threatening and abusing others. Some of the boys utlize brute force when hunting for pigs and later for Ralph. |
| What is the theme of the fear of the unknown? | The fear of the unknown leads to the fear of the beast. The boys can not accept the notion of a beast existing on the island, nor can they let go of it. The recognition that no real beast exists, and that the only beast on the island is fear itself. This is one of the deepest meanings of the story. |
| How is blindness and sight symbolized in this book? | Piggy is blind to his surroundings but really understands what is going on on the island. Unfortunately, the boys do not realize that Piggy sees more and he is treated poorly and is eventually killed. |
| What does Piggy and his glasses symbolize? | His glasses symbolize clear sightedness, intelligence. Piggy's glasses bring "fire" to the island which is really the fire of knowledge. |
| What do the breaking of Piggy's glasses symbolize? | The progressive decay of rational influence on the island. |
| What does the conch symbolize? | democracy and order |
| What does Simon's behavior represent? | Christ-like figure, pure and goodness |
| What does the island represent? | it is a microcosm representing the world |
| What does the beast represent? | The capacity for evil within everyone |
| What does Roger's behavior represent? | evilness and sadism |
| What does Jack's behavior represent? | savagary and anarchy |
| What does Ralph's behavior represent? | democracy and civilization and the capacity for evil within everyone |
| What does the lord of the flies represent? | The devil and great danger |
| What is Roger's role in this book? | The official torturer and executioner of the tribe. |
