Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell
Symbols in chapter 1:
The island:
Clothes:
The Conch:
The Cloaks:
Names:
Review Questions:
1. How did the boys come to be on the island?
2. Why does Ralph laugh and make fun of Piggy when he hears his nickname? Do you think Piggy made a mistake sharing this secret with Ralph?
3. What does Piggy say to Ralph that makes him stop playing and start to look for the other boys?
4. Why do the boys say they need a chief? Who wants to be chief? Who do the boys elect as chief? What may this foreshadow?
5. What does Jack have on him?
6. What does the narrator mean when he says, “The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be.” (Golding 31)?
7. What does Jack’s promise reveal about his character?
Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain
Symbols in chapter 2:
Beastie:
Fire:
Piggy’s Glasses:
Review Questions
1. Knowing what you know about him, what do you think makes Jack so excited about there being rules?
2. What do Jack and Piggy reveal about their whereabouts?
3. What does the little boy think he saw? How do the kids react? How does Ralph react?
4. How and why do the boys make a fire?
5. Who’s in charge of the fire?
6. Why is Piggy upset? Why do you think no one wants to listen to him?
7. What do they think happened to the little’un?
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach
Symbols in chapter 3:
The huts aren’t built:
Simon:
Review Questions
1. What image do we get of Jack in the forest?
2. Describe the conflict going on between Jack and Ralph.
Jack’s Argument / Ralph’s Argument3. Jack says he could have killed a pig if they could make what?
4. There are two reasons why Ralph thinks it is really important to have shelter. What are they?
1. ______
2. ______
5. What is the only thing Jack seems to be concerned with?
6. What do the boys and Jack seem to fear?
7. What is Simon doing in the forest?
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair
Symbols in Chapter 4
The fire:
Painted Faces:
The Pig:
Piggy’s Glasses:
Simon sharing food:
Review Questions
1. Describe the typical day of a littlun. Why were they having trouble sleeping? How do Roger and Maurice differ in their treatment of the littluns?
2. What does Golding mean when he says, “Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life [?]” (Golding 62).
3.
Draw a picture of how Jack paints his face.4. What smoke do Simon, Ralph, Piggy and Maurice see?
5. What problem does Ralph face? Why is he so angry?
6. What chant are the hunters saying? What does this say about the pig’s death?
7. Explain BOTH Jack and Ralph’s side of the argument:
8. What does Jack refuse to give Piggy? Why?
Chapter 5: Beast from Water
Symbols in chapter 5:
The Conch:
The Beast:
Hair in their eyes:
Review Questions
1. How has Ralph changed since the beginning of the book? Cite one example to show this.
2. What does Ralph realize about Piggy? What does he begin to understand about himself?
3. What issues does Ralph bring up in the meeting?
4. What does Jack tell the Littluns? What two justifications does he use for this?
5. Other than the beast, why do you think the Littluns keep having nightmares?
6. What do you think Simon means when he says the beast is in all of us?
7. What does Piggy say about Jack?
8. Which three boys are left alone?
Chapter 6: Beast from Air
Symbols in chapter 6:
Beast:
Review Questions
1. What do you think fell from the sky?
2. Which two boys are in charge of the fire? What frightens them?
3. How do Sam and Eric describe the beast?
4. What does Ralph think they should do about the beast? What Jack’s suggestion?
Ralph / Jack5. When Ralph is alone in the cave what does he realize again?
6. Whenever Ralph tells the boys to do something, they seem more and more reluctant to do it. What do you think this foreshadows?
Chapter 7: Shadows and Tall Trees
Symbols in chapter 7:
Review Questions
1. What are some things that are concerning Ralph?
2. What does Simon say to try and cheer Ralph up? How may this be foreshadowing?
3. While searching for the beast, what happens to Ralph when they attack the boar? What happens to Jack?
4. While reenacting the pig scene, what happens to Robert?
5. Where are the boys going? Where does Simon go?
6. Which three boys go up the mountain? Why does Ralph end up going when he didn’t want to?
7. Describe what the boys see on top of the mountain.
Chapter 8: Gift for the Darkness
Symbols in chapter 8:
Division of boys into two groups
Review Questions
1. Who calls a meeting? For what reason? What is the result of the meeting?
2. What idea does Piggy have?
3. Which boys are missing?
4. Describe the sow and how they murder her. What do they do with her head?
5. Describe the looks and actions of Jack’s tribe.
6. Who/what is Simon talking to? What does he call it? What does it tell him?
Chapter 9: A View to a Death
Symbols in chapter 9:
Division of camps
Hunter’s Dance
Review Questions
1. While walking through the forest, what does Simon discover?
2. Where do Ralph and Piggy want to go? Why?
3. Describe Jack’s camp, the feast and the behavior of the boys.
4. What do the boys start to do?
5. What happens to Simon? Describe this scene
Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses
Symbols in chapter 10:
Conch
Lack of names
Review Questions
1. Who’s left in Ralph’s camp?
2. Cite the reactions of the following characters to Simon’s death:
Ralph’s Reaction / Piggy’s Reaction3. What is Jack doing to Wilfred? Why?
4. How do Jack and his tribe view Simon’s death?
5. What do Maurice and Roger do? Explain.
Chapter 11: Castle Rock
Symbols in chapter 11:
Broken Conch
Piggy
Review Questions
1. What do Ralph and his boys decide to do? What do they take with them?
2. What happens to Samneric? How does Ralph react?
3. As Ralph and Jack fight, what does Roger do? What happens to the conch? What happens to Piggy? What happens to Ralph?
4. What image do we have of Roger, the only boy to kill someone all alone?
5. What’s metaphorical of Piggy’s death?
Chapter 12: Cry of the Hunters
Symbols in chapter 12:
Boys crying
Review Questions
1. As Ralph hides in the forest, what does he see? What does he realize?
2. How do Samneric show loyalty to Ralph?
3. What is significant about the fact that Roger, “Sharpened a stick at both ends?”
4. What do Samneric tell Jack and Roger? What do the Savages do? Are they successful? Explain.
5. What does Jack do? How is this ironic?
6. Why does the point of view change at the end of the story?
7. Why do Ralph and the boys start crying?