Lord of the Flies

Question 1

What does Golding wanted to show using the book

Answer 1

Evil is deep inside everyone

Question 2

What is the choirs name and what does it suggest

Answer 2

The choirs name is “something dark” which suggest the evil inside of them

Question 3

What does the quote “Next time there will be no mercy” suggest

Answer 3

Jack cannot kill the piglet because of the “enormity of the knife descending into living fresh”. He is still kind of civilised but his promise to kill next time hints jack’s future

Question 4

What does the conch symbolised

Answer 4

Golding introduce conch as a symbol of democracy and it’s linked to Ralph’s leadership

Question 5

What does the fire symbolised

Answer 5

The fire symbolised the hope, the hope of being rescued

Question 6

[Quote] AFTER Jack and Ralph’s relationship after argued with each other due to different priorities, Ralph wants to build shelter, and Jack wants to hunt

Answer 6

“Baffled, in love and hate”

Question 7

How does the boy’s interaction with the forest represent the evil inside of them

Answer 7

Simon is one with the natural, and Simon’s hideaway in the forest is associated with peaceful and religious imagery that reflects his goodness. On the other hand, Jack’s tribe set the forest on fire, which shows the great capacity for evil and violence deep inside them

Question 8

[Quote] Jack’s priority to hunt (kill pigs) rather to get rescued

Answer 8

“All the same, I’d like to catch a pig first”

Question 9

Why does Jack painted his face

Answer 9

To hide from the reality

Question 10

How does piggy’s glasses represent him

Answer 10

Piggy’s glasses represents the way that piggy think and act. Before piggy’s glasses is broken he think and act very logically but when one side of the glasses he start to act a bit irrational this is seen when Piggy start to talk back to jack. When both side of piggy’s glasses got broke he become incredible irrational and this is seen when piggy challenges jack

Question 11

[Quote] give the quote Golding use to show savagery forming (chant) (after Jack successfully killed a pig at the start of the book)

Answer 11

“Kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood”

Question 12

How does Golding use the quote “kill the pig, cut her throat, spill her blood” to show the savagery between the boys are forming

Answer 12

The use of the violence languages shows how the boys are getting less and less civilised and they are okay with killing

Question 13

How does Jack using the beast to gain power (Chapter 5)

Answer 13

Jack said “we’ll hunt it down”, which makes the beast seem more real for the littluns and make the boys think hunt is more necessary for the boy’s safety, which gives Jack more power over Ralph

Question 14

How does Phil foreshadows Simon’s death

Answer 14

Phil mistaken Simon for the beast, which foreshadows Simon’s murder later in the novel

Question 15

[Quote] Simon suggest beast is the evil inside ourselves

Answer 15

“What I mean is… maybe it’s only us.”

Question 16

[Quote] After SamnEric report Ralph about the beast, Ralph wanted to think it through but Jack wanted to immediately track it down as he say it is _____________’s job

Answer 16

“This is a hunter job”

Question 17

How Jack use the beast to force Ralph to hunt the beast at night

Answer 17

By suggesting he is scared

Question 18

Jack’s opinion on castle rock

Answer 18

Jack think it is a good place for a fort, and he imagines to defend it from enemies which perfectly fit Jack’s savage and violence style

Question 19

Ralph’s opinion on castle rock

Answer 19

Ralph think it is a “rotten place” to set up a base, as there is no food, shelter and not much water. Golding use this to show the reader that Ralph is more civilised and way more sensible than Jack’s tribe

Question 20

What is Golding’s message in chapter seven when Jack challenges Ralph to go up the mountain in the night

Answer 20

Golding is showing that the beast is a reflection of their own fear and savagery, as if they waited until morning to go to the mountain they would realise it is not the beast rather a dead airman

Question 21

[Quote] the last word Jack said before leaving Ralph’s tribe

Answer 21

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

Question 22

How does the re-enactment of dance in chapter seven creates fearful mood

Answer 22

It shows the slowly growing escalation of violence and savagery

Question 23

What happen in chapter 8 [JACK MERRIDEW]

Answer 23

Jack uses conch to try seize power from Ralph. When he can’t take over as chief, he abandons democracy and sets himself as a dictator

Question 24

How does Jack gain power in chapter nine

Answer 24

Jack gain power in chapter by using meat to host a feast and promise “food”, “fun” and protection “from the beast”. In other word Jack uses fear to control them

Question 25

What does it shown when Jack reject the idea of conch

Answer 25

This shows the savagery grown in Jack as he is rejecting civilisation and the rule of their old life

Question 26

What does Simon’s death shown

Answer 26

Simon’s death again proofed Golding’s point that evil and deep inside everyone and everyone is capable to be evil as even the most sensible and civilise people like Ralph and Piggy joining the dance and kill Simon

Question 27

How does the way Simon is describe “a thing” and then “Simon” shown right before his death

Answer 27

The way that Simon was describe as “a thing” shown the tribes are confused and did not know it was Simon at the middle but then Simon is describe as “Simon” which shows that deep down the boys recognise him, but they are too scared and frenzied to stop

Question 28

How is Simon’s death a huge turning point

Answer 28

Simon’s death is a huge turning point, as this hints violence has been there all along such as Roger throwing the stone but now they have committed full-blown murder and which allows the evil and savagery to fully escalated out

Question 29

How does the way Ralph react to Simon’s death shows he is still civilised

Answer 29

Ralph is the only character to admit that Simon’s death is a murder shows that he is still civilised enough to take the responsibility for his action

Question 30

How does Simon’s death shows the relationship with piggy himself and his glasses

Answer 30

Piggy’s glasses represents how civilised he is, when one side of his glasses is broken piggy start to become irrational and less civilised and this can be seen when piggy is claiming that Simon’s death is an accident and won’t take any responsibility as he can’t accept the savagery and evil in Jack is also in himself and Ralph

Question 31

How does Jack abuse his power

Answer 31

When Jack is in control, he abuses his power and this can be seen when he tortures Wildfred for no reason and says that he could be the beast as the beast can disguise in any form which also allows Jack to uses the tribe’s fear to control them.

Question 32

[Quote] Rhetorical question said by piggy that highlights piggy is presents the rational, wise and civilised side of us

Answer 32

“Which is better, to have rules and agree or to hunt and kill?”

Question 33

Why didn’t Jack take the conch while attacking Ralph’s tribe

Answer 33

This is because Jack has completely abandoned democracy

Question 34

What does the fire dies out represents

Answer 34

The fire represents their hope of being rescued, when the fire is died out, and there isn’t any way to relight it (as Jack has stolen piggy’s glasses). This symbolises the death of hope in Ralph’s group

Question 35

What does the conch breaking into “a thousand white fragments” symbolises

Answer 35

It symbolises the ultimate end of democracy

Question 36

[Quote] description of conch being destroyed

Answer 36

“a thousand white fragments”

Question 37

Why at chapter eleven when Ralph’s tribe trying to get piggy’s glasses back Golding doesn’t name any of the boy

Answer 37

To shows the savagery has completely taken over jack’s tribe and they later becoming more and more menace becoming “a solid mass of menace”

Question 38

[Quote] Ralph lost his innocence

Answer 38

“Ralph wept for the end of innocence”

Question 39

How does Golding uses the power of the conch represents the civilisation

Answer 39

Golding uses the conch as a symbol of civilisation and authority. It power gradually decreases, which reflects the weakening of civilisation on the island. Its destruction represents the victory of barbarity over civilisation

Question 40

[Quote] stops the Roger throw stone at Henry

Answer 40

“unease of wrong-doing”

Question 41

[Quote] painted face allows Jack to be savage

Answer 41

“liberation into savagery”

Question 42

[Quote] Ralph stating rule is the only thing they got that links them with their old life

Answer 42

“the rule is the only thing we got!”

Question 43

What does stick has been sharpen both end symbolised

Answer 43

The stick sharpen on both end could hurt the prey and the hunter too. This symbolised the fact that the society Jack has created is self destructive

Question 44

[Quote] Jack is driven by savagery

Answer 44

“chatter in his ear like an ape”.

Question 45

How does Golding show Jack has been completely taken over by savagery in chapter nine

Answer 45

By chapter nine, Jack has been completely consumed by power. Golding describe how authority “chatter in his ear like an ape”. This simile helps Golding show how Jack is now being driven by his natural, animal instinct, rather than by Logic and reason that govern the civilised world

Question 46

How does Golding foreshadows that the island isn’t a perfect island

Answer 46

At the beginning of the novel, Golding tells the audience that Ralph have been scratched by the thorns, and Piggy have been tangled in creepers. Which foreshadows the island isn’t a perfect setting.

Question 47

[Quote] shows that there is no beast, it is just us

Answer 47

“I’m part of you.

Question 48

What does Lord of the Flies name means

Answer 48

The name Lord of the Flies is the name of demon Beelzebub