Lord of the Flies – Chapter by Chapter
Lord of the Flies – Chapter 1
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What does Ralph look like? What is his personality like?
What does Piggy look like? What is his personality like?
How do Ralph and Piggy summon the other boys to the beach? What significance does the conch shell begin to take on?
What does jack look like? What is his personality like? What group is he the leader of?
How do the boys select a group leader? Who do they select? What are the reactions of both Ralph and Jack?
What position does Ralph give to Jack? Why is this potentially dangerous?
Is Jack’s first experience trying to hunt a pig successful? What does he vow from this point on?
Lord of the Flies – Chapter 2
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What is the organizational method that Ralph devises in order to give everyone a chance to voice concerns? What does this suggest
about their society in its beginning stages?
What does one of the younger boys claim to have seen? Where does he claim to have seen it? What impact does this have on the
boys?
What will the boys build in order to maintain a steady hope of being rescued?
What do the boys use Piggy’s glasses for? What significance do the glasses begin to take on?
Do any of the boys, except Ralph, listen to Piggy in any significant way? What is the irony in this?
Who volunteers to maintain the fire? What happens to the fire as a result of this?
What, presumably, has become of the little boy who thinks he saw the “beastie”?
Lord of the Flies – Chapter 3
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What is Jack doing at the opening of the chapter? What is Ralph doing? What does this seem to indicate about their fundamental
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Why is Ralph so upset about the kids’ behavior while building shelters?
What is the substance of the argument between Ralph and Jack? What is happening between them?
How do Ralph and Jack attempt to ease the tension that is building? Does it work? Why?
What does Simon look like? What is his personality like?
What is symbolic about the glade Simon finds?
Lord of the Flies – Ch. 4-7
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What is Roger like? What is his symbolism in the story?
How are Jack and the hunters now behaving when they hunt? Why are these gradual changes in appearance significant?
What have the hunters successfully done? In the meantime, why do the boys miss their chance to get rescued? What central
conflict does this reflect?
How is the representation of the beast changing? Where might he now come from?
What do Sam and Eric actually see on the cliffs? What do they think they see? How do the boys respond? Why is this significant?
After the boys see the pig droppings, what do they spontaneously do? Why is it important that Ralph involves himself in this?
What occurs during the reenactment of the hunt? Afterwards, when Jack climbs the mountain, what is his claim?
Lord of the Flies – Ch. 8-12
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Who calls the meeting at the beginning of the chapter? Why is this significant?
What does Roger do to the pig? What does this indicate about him?
According to Simon’s supernatural experience in the woods, what is actually the beast?
What do the boys think when they see Simon coming up the beach? Why do they kill him? How do they do it?
What is the difference between Piggy’s reaction and Ralph’s reaction to Simon’s death? What do Jack’s boys steal from Piggy?
Describe the fight between Ralph and Jack. How does Piggy die during the fight?
How is the group eventually rescued and saved?