📖Literature - Lord Of The Flies

Question 1

ralph, leadership/ authority

Answer 1

‘i’m chief, I’ll go. Don’t argue…’

Question 2

‘i’m chief, I’ll go. Don’t argue…’

Answer 2

ralpth, leadership/ authority

Question 3

ralphs rizz

Answer 3

‘He might make a boxer… but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil.’

Question 4

‘He might make a boxer… but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil.’

Answer 4

ralphs charisma

Question 5

ralph, civilised

Answer 5

‘They had lived in a cottage… Mummy had still been with them and Daddy had come home every day.’

Question 6

‘They had lived in a cottage… Mummy had still been with them and Daddy had come home every day.’

Answer 6

ralph, civilised

Question 7

Piggy, outsider

Answer 7

‘Piggy was always an outsider’

Question 8

‘Piggy was always an outsider’

Answer 8

Piggy, outsider

Question 9

‘life… is scientific’

Answer 9

Piggy, Rational/ Logical

Question 10

Piggy, Rational/ Logical

Answer 10

‘life… is scientific’

Question 11

Piggy, organiser

Answer 11

‘the first thing we ought to have made was shelters.’

Question 12

‘the first thing we ought to have made was shelters.’

Answer 12

Piggy, organiser

Question 13

Roger, watchful/ stalking

Answer 13

‘roger remained, watching the littluns.’

Question 14

‘roger remained, watching the littluns.’

Answer 14

Roger, watchful/ stalking

Question 15

Jack, savagery

Answer 15

A bloodthirsty snarling

Question 16

A bloodthirsty snarling

Answer 16

Jack, savagery

Question 17

You’re breaking the rules!

Answer 17

Jack, Rule breaker

Question 18

Jack, Rule breaker

Answer 18

You’re breaking the rules!

Question 19

“All sit down.” “So you shut up”

Answer 19

Jack, tyrant

Question 20

Jack, tyrant

Answer 20

“All sit down.” “So you shut up”

Question 21

Simon “pulled the choicest from up in the foliage”

Answer 21

Simon, considerate

Question 22

Simon, considerate

Answer 22

Simon “pulled the choicest from up in the foliage”

Question 23

‘You knew didn’t you?’

Answer 23

Simon, perseptive

Question 24

Simon, perseptive

Answer 24

‘You knew didn’t you?’

Question 25

He reached the great mat that was woven by the open space and crawled inside

Answer 25

Simon, solitary

Question 26

Simon, solitary

Answer 26

He reached the great mat that was woven by the open space and crawled inside

Question 27

• Symbolic imagery: brains better than brawn/ civilisation better than savagery.

Answer 27

“But I tell you that smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one.” Ralph

Question 27

“But I tell you that smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one.”
Ralph

Answer 27

• Symbolic imagery: brains better than brawn/ civilisation better than savagery.

Question 28

“Things are breaking up. I don’t understand why. We began well; we were happy. And then – …Then people started getting frightened.” Ralph

Answer 28

• Semi-colon and dashes emphasise how the boys are breaking up/fractured. The structure mirrors the content

Question 29

“The world, that understandable and lawful word, was slipping away. Once there was this and that; and now – and the ship had gone. Ralph

Answer 29

• Embedded clauses make that world seem even more distant. Dash emphasises the seriousness of missing the ship.

Question 30

“Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.” Ralph

Answer 30

• Violence is almost personified here/given power over the boys. Violent verbs.

Question 31

“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of a true, wise friend called Piggy.” Ralph

Answer 31

• Triples – emphasises what Ralph has lost on the island.

Question 32

“Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains.” Piggy

Answer 32

• Description – Piggy is ridiculed for his appearance but represents intelligence/ civilisation on the island.

Question 33

“Piggy was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination to manual labour.”piggy

Answer 33

• Listing – emphasises differences between Piggy and the other boys and shows his ‘otherness’

Question 34

“Acting like a crowd of kids”.piggy

Answer 34

• Short sentence – Expresses Piggy’s intelligence and maturity, but also represents him as outsider and civilised opposed to savage.

Question 35

“It was an accident… and that’s that” piggy

Answer 35

Noun – “accident” – removing blame/ trying to justify killing of Simon. Refers to ‘it’ – can’t mention the word. this protectiveness is representitive of piggy’s motherlike thematical characteristic

Question 36

“I just take the conch to say this. I can’t see no more and I got to get my glasses back”. Piggy

Answer 36

Symbolic imagery – Glasses symbolise order/civilisation – boys taking Piggy’s glasses is like them trying to take civilisation away.

Question 37

“I got the conch!” Piggy

Answer 37

Short sentence – conch symbolises order – should be enough to allow Piggy to speak but others reject this symbol.

Question 38

“the true, wise friend called Piggy”. Piggy

Answer 38

Adjectives – summarises Piggy throughout novel.

Question 39

“with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children” piggy

Answer 39

– metaphorical parent – symbolises intelligence and protection. “martyred” suggests holy while “senseless” emphasises senseless killings.

Question 40

His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness” Jack

Answer 40

Imagery – typical antagonist from first description.

Question 41

“See? They do what I want.”Jack

Answer 41

Rhetorical question and short statement – emphasises Jack’s power and control over choir.

Question 43

“the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood” Jack

Answer 43

Imagery – Jack is unable to kill pig at first – violent imagery explains why this task was difficult.

Question 44

“All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!” Ralph says angrily (about Jack)

Answer 44

Repetition – emphasises that this is all that Jack care about. Pig/killing/savagery.

Question 45

“they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will on it, taken away its life” Jack

Answer 45

Triples – after killing the pig. Jack celebrates killing and taking control/power. Celebrating.

Question 46

“His voice was vicious” Jack

Answer 46

Short sentence – cutting and direct. Adjective implies evil/ brutality.

Question 47

“Bollocks to the rules! We’re strong - we hunt!” Jack

Answer 47

Obscene language – reflects lack of order/parents/civilisation. Emphasises lack of respect for these things. Collective pronouns suggests unity

Question 48

“We don’t need the conch any more” Jack

Answer 48

Collective pronoun – group but Jack is still leader. Abandons rules/civilisation

Question 49

“I agree with Ralph. We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English.” Jack

Answer 49

Ironic that Jack says this at the start but he is possibly most savage and introduces concept of savagery with hunting/masks.

Question 50

“He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.” Jack

Answer 50

Metaphorically being consumed by the desire to kill – makes the desire to harm seem more powerful than anything.

Question 51

“If you’re hunting sometimes… you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but – being hunted.” Jack

Answer 51

Paranoia setting in/ fight for survival.

Question 52

“…the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” Jack

Answer 52

Metaphor for savagery. Mask gives Jack freedom/disguise so he can act outside of social norms.

Question 53

“I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you.” Jack

Answer 53

Childish language – reinforces the fact that they are just children after all. Idea of game getting out of hand.

Question 54

“slight” and “furtive”. Roger

Answer 54

Animalistic imagery – described like a cat/ predator. Links to his desire to hunt and kill.

Question 55

“The shock of black hair, down his nape and low on his forehead, seemed to suit his gloomy face and make what had seemed at first unsociable remoteness in to something foreboding.” Roger

Answer 55

Dark imagery – suits his dark characteristics. Could be symbolic of death (kills Piggy)

Question 56

“carried death in his hands” Roger

Answer 56

Metaphor – emphasises the power and destruction he wields on the island.

Question 57

“…there was a space around Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life.” Roger

Answer 57

At start Roger still controlled by rules/order and doesn’t harm boys. Eventually this is stripped away.

Question 58

“a skinny, vivid little boy” Simon

Answer 58

Imagery – adjective ‘vivid’ could link to his dreams/visions but also means bright/shining which could like to his knowledge/symbol of hope.

Question 59

“Like candles. Candle bushes. Candle bud.” Simon

Answer 59

Repetition – emphasise his brightness/symbol of hope but also that his life is extinguished

Question 60

“He’s queer. He’s funny.” Piggy says “He’s cracked”. Simon

Answer 60

Triples – emphasises Simon’s difference – even more ironic coming from Piggy who is also different

Question 61

He has “a secret place in a clearing full of flowers and butterflies” Simon

Answer 61

Natural imagery – links to calm/sensitive characteristics.

Question 62

“He walked with an accustomed tread through the fruit trees.” Simon

Answer 62

Natural imagery – at one with nature. Knows the paths/ routes.

Question 63

“maybe there is a beast… What I mean is… maybe it’s only us” Simon

Answer 63

Simon is the only character to work out that their only fear/ only threat is each other. Repetition of ‘maybe’ and use of ellipses – links to uncertainty and lack of confidence

Question 64

“The waves turned the corpse gently in the water. … Softly, surrounded by a fringe of bright inquisitive creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea” Simon

Answer 64

Gentle adverbs to emphasise his gentleness. Light imagery represents his goodness and ‘Christ-like’ characteristics.

Question 65

“The beast was harmless and horrible; and the news must reach the others as soon as possible.”Simon

Answer 65

Refers to the pig’s head talking to Simon when he hallucinated. Alliteration. Simon knew the truth – messenger – links to Jesus.