Lord of the Flies
Review
Character description
 "The
hangman’s horror clung around
him.“
 Roger
 "...a
boy of perhaps six years, sturdy
and fair, his clothes torn, his face
covered with a sticky mess of fruit
 Johnny
 "[His]
arm was conditioned by a
civilization that knew nothing of him
and was in ruins.”
 Roger
 "The
tears began to flow and sobs
shook him....[he] wept for the end of
innocence, the darkness of man’s
heart, and the fall through the air of
the true, wise, friend....“
 Ralph
 "But
there was a stillness about
[him] as he sat that marked him out:
there was his size, and attractive
appearance; and most obscurely, yet
most powerfully,there was the
conch.“
 Ralph
 "A
thing was crawling out of the
forest. It came darkly,uncertainly.
The shrill screaming that rose before
the beast was like a pain. The beast
stumbled into the horseshoe.“
 Simon
 "...for
a minute became less a hunter
than a furtive thing, apelike among
the tangle of trees....He passed like
a shadow under the darkness of the
tree and crouched, looking down at
the trodden ground at his feet.“
 Jack
 "He
sighed....Then, with the
martyred expression of a parent who
has to keep up with the senseless
ebullience of the children, he picked
up the conch, turned toward the
forest, and began to pick his way
over the tumbled scar.“
 Piggy
 "...something
like a great ape was
sitting asleep with its head between
its knees....and the creature lifted its
head, holding toward them the ruin
of a face.“
 Parachutist
 "The
water rose farther and dressed
[his] coarse hair with brightness. The
line of his cheek silvered and the
turn of his shoulders became
sculptured marble. The strange
attendant creatures, with their fiery
eyes and trailing vapors,busied
themselves round his head.”
 Simon
 leader
 Jack
of the savages and the chorus
 Intellectual
 Piggy
 dark,
 Roger
furtive boy; kills Piggy
 "mouse-colored"
 Percivial
littlun
Wemys Madison
 choir
boy next in size to Jack
 Maurice
 leader
 Ralph
with the conch
 littlun
 Boy
lost during the fire
with mulberry birthmark
 discoverer
 Simon
of the beast
 Twin
 Samneric
 adult
who rescues the boy
 Officer
 The
first two boys on the island
introduced to the reader are (a)
Roger and Piggy; (b) Ralph and Jack;
(c) Piggy and Ralph.
 Piggy
and Ralph
 While
wandering on the beach, the
boys find (a) wreckage of their
plane; (b) a conch; (c) a parachute.
A
conch
 The
first symbol of the island
government is the (a) choir boys’
caps; (b) conch; (c)pig’s head.
 Conch
 When
their plane crashes, the boys
are going to (a) Europe for their
summer vacation; (b) visit their
fathers; (c) a safer place for the
duration of the war.
A
safer place for the duration of the
war
 The
scar which is constantly referred
to in the novel is (a) the wreckage of
the plane;(b) "the beastie"; (c) a
large rocky area of the island where
little grows.
A
larger rocky area of the island…
 The
boys are (a) French; (b) British;
(c) of several nationalities.
 British
 Simon
is referred to as a mystic
because he (a) can’t communicate
with the others;(b) claims to have
the power to heal others; (c) has
mysterious powers of perception.
 Has
mysterious powers of perception
 Jack
becomes possessed by the
desire to (a) be rescued; (b) hunt;
(c) find shelter.
 Hunt
A
fire is to be burned at all times for
(a) warmth; (b) protection from the
beast; (c) a signal for rescue.
A
signal for rescue
 The
only one who remains to help
Ralph with the building of the huts is
(a) Simon;(b) Jack; (c) Piggy.
 Simon
 Jack
is intent when he hunts because
(a)the animals represent a threat to
the boys; (b) it is an appealing
sport; (c) he becomes overwhelmed
by the compulsion to track down and
kill prey.
 He
becomes overwhelmed by the
compulsion…
 "Grownups
know things....They’d
meet and have tea and discuss. Then
things ’ud be all right." These words
are spoken by (a) Ralph; (b) Piggy;
(c) Jack.
 Piggy
 The
sign which "came down from the
world of grownups" is (a) the naval
officer who rescued the boys; (b) the
wreckage of a plane; (c) a
parachutist.
A
parachutist
 The
"beast from the air" is first
sighted by (a) Jack; (b) Simon; (c)
Samneric.
 Samneric
 The
twins think they see the beast,
but it is really a (a) wild boar; (b)
dead man and a parachute; (c) pig’s
head.
 Dead
man and a parachute
 The
boys who climb the mountain
with Jack to view the beast are (a)
Ralph and Simon; (b) Ralph and
Roger; (c) Piggy and Ralph.
 Ralph
and Roger
 During
the night, Simon often sneaks
off to (a) search for the beast; (b)
explore the island; (c) think in his
private place.
 Think
in his private place
 During
the mock hunt, the position of
the pig is willingly assumed by (a)
Piggy; (b) Maurice; (c) Robert.

Robert
 All
of the following actually
participate in a hunt EXCEPT (a)
Ralph; (b) Simon; (c) Percival.

Simon
 The
boy whom Jack ties up and
beats for an unrevealed crime is (a)
Maurice; (b) Robert; (c) Wilfred.

Wilfred
 "A
taboo was revolving around that
word too." The word referred to by
this quotation is (a) beast; (b) fear;
(c) Jack.
 Jack
 Henry
is protected from the stones
Roger is throwing by (a) Ralph’s
order; (b) the conditioning of
civilization; (c) Ralph’s innate
kindness.

The conditioning of civilization
 After
his dialogue with "the Lord of
the Flies," Simon immediately (a)
runs back to inform the others; (b)
wanders off to his private place; (c)
climbs the mountain to view the
beast.
 Climbs
beast
the mountain to view the
 In
the eyes of the pig’s head Simon
sees (a) victory; (b) cynicism of
adult life; (c) desire for revenge.
 Cynicism
of adult life
 Simon’s
prediction to Ralph is that
(a) the boys will kill someone; (b)
the boys will be rescued; (c) order
will be restored.

The boys will be rescued
 Percival
claims that (a) there is no
beast; (b) the beast is only Simon;
(c) the beast came out of the sea.
 The
beast came out of the sea
 Ralph’s
leadership fails because (a)
he is a poor leader; (b) the boys fail
to support their own rules which he
attempts to uphold; (c) he will not
listen to the boys.
 The
boys fail to support their own
rules which he attempts to uphold
 The
conch is (a) destroyed by Jack;
(b) thrown away by Ralph in his
desperation; (c) destroyed with
Piggy.
 Destroyed
with Piggy
 Jack
gets fire for his group by (a)
stealing it from Ralph; (b) using
Piggy’s glasses lens; (c) rubbing two
sticks together.
 Stealing
it from Ralph
 Samneric
(a) remain with Ralph to
the end; (b) are held against their
will by Jack to the end; (c) finally
support Jack.
 Finally
support Jack
 Piggy
is killed (a) as he crawls out of
the forest; (b) at Castle Rock; (c) in
the fight at the hut.
 At
Castle Rock
 To
escape from the savages, Ralph
decides to (a) climb a tree; (b) run
into the cave; (c) hide under the
creepers.
 Hide
under the creepers
 The
hunters leave the pig’s head as a
(a) warning to the others; (b)
symbol of their unity; (c) gift for the
beast.
 Gift
for the beast
 Jack
attempts to catch Ralph by (a)
enticing him to join the group; (b)
setting the island on fire; (c) setting
traps all over the island.
 Setting
the island on fire
 In
the presence of the naval officer,
the boys (a) are belligerent; (b)
continue to attack Ralph; (c) are
ashamed and cry.
 Are
ashamed and cry
 The
officer sees Jack as a (a) painted
savage; (b) little red-headed boy;
(c) natural leader.
 Little
red-headed boy