Lord Of The Flies

Question 1

what does each character represent:
1. jack
2. ralph
3. piggy
4. simon
5. roger
6. lord of the flies

Answer 1

1. tyranny and dictatorship - hitler, putin
2. democracy and civilisation
3. science and intellect
4. religion
5. sadism - enjoys hurting others
6. the ‘evil’ within g all of us

Question 2

how does jack change throughout the book (summary)

Answer 2

beginning - choir boy (lead choir to boys)
middle - hunter (pig hunter)
end - kid (humanity returns)

Question 3

name2 quotes for beginning, middle and end (6) that are relevant to jack

Answer 3

beginning - ‘i ought to be chief’, ‘bollocks to the rules’
middle - ‘kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood’, ‘I thought i might kill’
end - ‘Sharpen a stick at both ends’, ‘No! How could we–kill–it?’

Question 4

how does ralph change throughout the book (summary)

Answer 4

beginning - democratic leader (votes to be leader)
middle - the fall of his leadership (people start to turn to jack)
end - kid (gets hunted by jack)

Question 5

name 2 quotes for beginning, middle and end (6) that are relevant to ralph

Answer 5

beginning - ‘Jack’s in charge of the choir’, ‘the fire shall be a signal’
middle - ‘Don’t you want to be rescued? All you can talk about is pig, pig, pig!’, ‘The fire’s the most important thing. Without the fire we can’t be rescued’
end - ‘The fire’s the most important thing. Without the fire we can’t be rescued’, ‘Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?’

Question 6

how does piggy change throughout the book (summary)

Answer 6

beginning - ‘adviser’ (trusts ralph, friends)
middle - bullied (becomes the one to be picked on)
end - loyal to ralph (dies for him)

Question 7

name 2 quotes for beginning, middle and end (6) that are relevant to piggy

Answer 7

beginning - ‘I know there isn’t no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn’t no fear, either…Unless we get frightened of people.’, ‘That little ‘un that had a mark on his face—where is he now? I tell you I don’t see him.’
middle - ‘What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What’s grownups going to think?
‘, ‘I know there isn’t no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn’t no fear, either…Unless we get frightened of people.’
end - ‘That little ‘un that had a mark on his face—where is he now? I tell you I don’t see him.’, ‘Come away. There’s going to be trouble. And we’ve had our meat.’

Question 8

how does simon change throughout the book (summary)

Answer 8

beginning - quiet kid (unnoticed)
middle - takes care of littlun’s (ralphs side)
end - talks to pigs head (gets killed before can uncover truth)

Question 9

name 2 quotes for beginning, middle and end (6) that are relevant to simmon

Answer 9

beginning - ‘We used [Piggy’s] specs…He helped that way.’, ‘There is nothing in it of course. Just a feeling. But you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but – being hunted, as if something’s behind you all the time in the jungle’
middle - ‘Maybe there is a beast… maybe it’s only us’, ‘I wanted—to go to a place…just a place I know. A place in the jungle.’
end - ‘Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill’, ‘You’ll get back all right. I think so, anyway.’

Question 10

how does roger change throughout the book (summary)

Answer 10

beginning - bully (picks on littlun’s)
middle - becomes savage (kills piggy)
end - with jack (helps hunt ralph)

Question 11

name 2 quotes for beginning, middle and end (6) that are relevant to roger

Answer 11

beginning - ‘Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them’, ‘I’ve been watching the sea. There hasn’t been the trace of a ship. Perhaps we’ll never be rescued.’
middle - ‘You don’t half look a mess.’, ‘Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins’
end - ‘You couldn’t stop me coming if I wanted.’, ‘You don’t know Roger. He’s a terror.’

Question 12

how does the lord of the flies change throughout the book (summary)

Answer 12

beginning - paranoia (makes littlun’s think dead pilot is the beast)
middle - scares kids shitless (makes them turn on each other)
end - kids beat it (civilisation is reintroduced through sailor)

Question 13

name contextual features of LOTF

Answer 13

Golding was a pessimist and believed the worst in humanity. He fought in world war 2, hence the book being based in a nuclear war, and saw what humanity was capable of. After reading coral island, he didnt believe it was realistic so wrote lotf as a more realistic version. This was due to working as a teacher in a public school.