Lord of the Flies - Themes

Question 1

FEAR - it isn’t recognised by Piggy or society.

Answer 1

'’The thing is - fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.’’ PIGGY

Question 2

FEAR - Simon realises human nature should be feared.

Answer 2

'’What I mean is…maybe it’s only us.’’ SIMON

Question 3

FEAR/SAVAGERY - the beast shows that fear of human nature is part of us.

Answer 3

'’Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you?’’ LOTF

Question 4

CIVILISATION - democracy and civilisation is fragile.

Answer 4

‘the fragile shining beauty of the shell.’ C11

Question 5

SAVAGERY- it’s rather tribal.

Answer 5

‘The chant..began to beat like a steady pulse.’ C9

Question 6

SAVAGERY - it’s graphic and even the most civilised of people can turn savage.

Answer 6

‘No words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.’ C9

Question 7

SAVAGERY - it’s the dark side of humans.

Answer 7

‘Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of mans heart.’ C12

Question 8

SAVAGERY - it’s evolved out in civilisation.

Answer 8

‘Ape like among the tangle of trees’ C3

Question 9

CIVILISATION - needs democracy to survive.

Answer 9

‘the conch exploded into a thousand of white fragments and ceased to exist.’ C11

Question 10

CIVILISATION/SAVAGERY - even the most civilised characters can turn savage.

Answer 10

‘Memory of the dance that none pf them had attended shook all four boys convulsively.’ C10

Question 11

SAVAGERY - it’s an illness part of everyone.

Answer 11

‘Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.’ C5

Question 12

CIVILISATION - the world around the children was falling apart and still controlled them.

Answer 12

‘Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in tatters.’ C4