Lord of the Flies Rev. Sheet

1. What is the scar and what caused it?

2. How do Ralph and Piggy solve the problem of organizing the survivors?

3. How does Ralph change as a leader throughout the novel?

4. What is the significance of the glasses to Piggy and to the group?

5. How do Jack and his tribe kill the pig? What does this foreshadow?

6. What is essential to the survival of this group of kids?

7. Give examples of when Jack shows his power.

8. In Chapter 5, why do you think things are "breaking up"?

9.  How does Piggy change after Jack leaves the group?

10.  Who is the Lord of the Flies?

11. What is the beast?

12. Why do the boys kill Simon?

13.  How do Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and  Samneric deal with their consequences?

14. How does Jack's leadership style differ from Ralph's?

15.  What sacrificial  offering does Jack's group make to the beast?

16.  What is ironic about Piggy's question, "What more can Jack do?"

17.  How is Piggy killed?

18.  What does the shattering of the conch symbolize?

19.  Why does Jack start the whole area on fire?  How did this plan backfire on Jack?

20.  What is the "better show" the Navy officer thought the British boys should have made?

21.  What is ironic about the comment "fun and games"?

22.  Why does Ralph cry at the end of the book?

23.  Discuss the use of nature in the novel, showing how it foreshadows what will happen, how it works against man, and how it parallels emotional states.

24.  How does Golding let us know they are becoming more and more savage?

25.  Compare Piggy and Simon as doomed heroes.

26.  Theme or themes of  the novel.

27.  Be able to identify symbols and their meanings. 

28.  Know the characters: Piggy, Simon, Ralph, and Jack.

29.  How does the setting of the story enhance the mood?

There will be a few questions over the grammar from the warm-ups and over literary terms...from your flip-book.