Lord of the Flies

• Conch Shell

  Symbolic Meaning: Authority, Leadership, Order Examples from the text: p. 33 rule of the conch is established pp. 101-103 Jack says that they don't need the conch shell; everyone should know when to talk or not.

  
• How boys came to be on the island

  Their plane crashed while being evacuated during war
• Piggy's Specs

  Symbolic Meaning: Technology, Intellectualism Examples from the text: p. 40, use Piggy's glasses to start a signal fire. Page 71-72 Jack punches Piggy and his glasses fall off and break Piggy's Specs being broken symbolizes a diminishing hope of being rescued. Piggy's glasses are stolen by Jack and his tribe.

  
• Ralph and Piggy

  the first survivors
• fire

  Symbolic meaning Hope Civilization Examples from the text Ralph Page 38 Idea of starting a fire so they can become rescued Page 66-67 Fire goes out and there is a ship that passed them Because Jack was hunting and no chance of being rescued 139-130 The boys need to move the fire away from the beast to lesson the chances of being rescued. The fire is stolen by Jack's tribe and he uses it to flush out Ralph from hiding. Instead they set the whole island on fire.

  
• Conch


  How Ralph calls all the boys together
• The Beach

  Safety,Openness,Communication

  
• Hunters


  the role that Jack and the choir boys take on
• Piggy's first priority

  Make a list of names of all the boys
• Forrest/Jungle

  Darkness of man Chaos

  
• Jack's Mask

  This Means of hiding himself Jack He looked in astonishment No longer at himself but an awesome stranger he felt the water and leapt to his feet laughing excitingly 63-64 when Jack creates his mask Page 69 Jack comes back to the fire with first killing.Page 140 Golding describes figures with their printed faces.

  
• By vote


  How the boys determine the leader
• The Beast/Snake Thing

  Fear basic evil Chapter 2 The Little ones Chapter 6 Little ones Page 35-36 Mulberry Birthmark and Boy mentions idea of the Beast Pg 95-101 Sam and Eric see the "Beast" On the mountain and rush to tell everyone what they saw. pg.103 Simon Doesn't believe in the beast and he thinks it is possibly a human

  
• Ralph

  The boy that is voted as leader
• The Lord of the flies

  Pg 143-144 The lord of the flies head on a pig's head on a stick and tells him to become bad and have fun. The lord of the flies speaks to Simon and tells him to be bad and have fun

  
• Pig


  The animal that Ralph, Simon and Jack find while exploring
• Build a fire


  Boys' plan to get rescued
• Rule of the conch

  If someone is holding the conch, he may speak
• Fire problems


  no smoke, spread quickly
• Piggy's chapter 2 realization

  One of the little boys is missing
• Beastie


  Snake-like creature the littluns are afraid of
• Jack and Ralph's argument-chapter 3

  Ralph is working to make shelter and Jack is focused on hunting
• Littluns


  Eat fruit, play in the sand, sleep and cry
• Clay on face

  Camouflage to hunt better
• Piggy as an outsider


  He is fat, as asthma (ass mar) and doesn't do manual labor
• Horizon


  Smoke from a ship
• Hunter's chant

  "Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood."
• 3 rules Ralph creates/reestablishes

  No new fire except on the mountain top, use rocks as a bathroom, keep the fire going
• Jack's response to Ralph's speech on fear

  Called those that are scared sissies and cry babies, says there is no beast
• Percival's beast


  In the water
• Animals


  What the boys are becoming
• If Jack were chief

  All hunting and no fire
• Samneric


  The twins who are in charge of the fire
• The "beast"

  A dead man in a parachute
• Piggy's job


  Stay with the littluns
• Biting nails


  Habit that Ralph has started
• Throws spear


  Ralph's role in the pig hunt
• Robert


  Pig in the re-enactment of the killing of the pig
• Tells Piggy the plan


  Simon
• Explore the mountain


  Ralph, Jack and Roger