What is the most significant symbol in Lord of the Flies?

Table of Contents:

1. What is the most significant symbol in Lord of the Flies?
2. What do the flies symbolize in Lord of the Flies?
3. What does Piggy's glasses symbolize in Lord of the Flies?
4. What does Piggy's death symbolize?
5. Why did Roger Kill Piggy?
6. What is the irony of Simon's death?
7. What did Simon represent?
8. Who is responsible for Simon's death?
9. Did Ralph kill Simon?
10. What are Piggy's last words?
11. Who most clearly real what happened when Simon died?
12. Why did Jack kill Simon?
13. Who kills Piggy?
14. Who learns the truth about the beast?
15. What did Simon say about the beast?
16. What does Simon do when he sees the beast?
17. Does Jack believe in the beast?
18. How does Jack use the fear of the beast?
19. What does the beast symbolize?
20. Why does piggy say the beast can't exist?
21. Who says I know there isn't no beast?
22. Why are blue shadows creeping around Piggy's lips?
23. Why is the beast a human both heroic and sick to Simon?
24. What embarrassing question does Ralph ask why is it embarrassing?
25. What does Jack call the Littluns?
26. Are Sam and Eric Littluns?
27. Who scares the Littluns by walking around by himself?
28. What does Jack's hesitation to kill the piglet show?

What is the most significant symbol in Lord of the Flies?

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What do the flies symbolize in Lord of the Flies?

The flies swarming around the severed pig's head symbolically represent the savages on the island, who satisfy their bloodlust by slaughtering pigs and harming humans. The flies surrounding the pig's head can also symbolically represent any individual basking in their sin.

What does Piggy's glasses symbolize in Lord of the Flies?

Piggy's glasses are symbolic for a number of reasons in Lord of the Flies. The spectacles represent the boys' only means of obtaining fire through reflecting the sun's rays, and fire itself is symbolic of survival and rescue. Later, Jack punches Piggy which cause the glasses to fall, smashing one side. ...

What does Piggy's death symbolize?

Piggy's death signifies the end of Ralph's fragile troop, and a victory by the forces of violence and brutality over the forces of wisdom, kindness, and civility. The death is foreshadowed in the early pages, when Piggy tells Ralph he has asthma, can't swim, needs his glasses to see, and is sick from the fruit.

Why did Roger Kill Piggy?

Roger kills Piggy because he can, and he has realized that no one on the island can or will limit his cruelty.

What is the irony of Simon's death?

In the novel Lord of the Flies, Simon's death is ironic because he was attempting to tell the other boys that the beast did not exist, but the boys mistook him for the beast. This is a classic example of dramatic irony because the audience is aware of Simon's knowledge, while the characters are not.

What did Simon represent?

Simon represents saintliness and a kind of innate, spiritual human goodness that is deeply connected with nature and, in its own way, as primal as Jack's evil instinct.

Who is responsible for Simon's death?

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, two innocent boys, Simon and Piggy, die due to the savagery of the other boys. All of the boys are to blame for the death of Simon, but only Jack and Roger are to blame for Piggy's death.

Did Ralph kill Simon?

In the darkness, Simon crawls into the group and tries to tell them what he has seen but it is too late. The boys have lost all control and thinking he is the Beast, they kill Simon - even Ralph and Piggy are involved. That night, Simon's body is carried out to sea.

What are Piggy's last words?

Piggy dies because he is speaking the truth. His last words are, "Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?" Piggy has represented the thinker, the intellect, throughout the story.

Who most clearly real what happened when Simon died?

Who most clearly realizes what happened when Simon died? one the twins.

Why did Jack kill Simon?

Meanwhile, Jack and his boys have been chanting and dancing around the fire, whipping themselves into a bloodthirsty frenzy. When Simon appears and attempts to explain the true identity of the beast, the boys mistake him for the beast itself and attack and kill him.

Who kills Piggy?

Roger

Who learns the truth about the beast?

Simon

What did Simon say about the beast?

To the dismay of Ralph and Piggy, Simon admits in Chapter 5 that he does believe in the beast, but suggests that the beast is actually the inherent evil inside each one of them. Simon senses early on that the boys will fall into violent savagery and become their own worst enemies.

What does Simon do when he sees the beast?

Simon discovers that the so called beast of the island, in really nothing more than the body of a dead airman. His parachute had become tangled and stuck in the trees. Simon cuts the lines of the parachute and allows the body to slip away. He realizes that he has to go and tell the other boys that there is no beast.

Does Jack believe in the beast?

Similar to Ralph, Jack does not initially believe that a beast exists. However, when Jack mistakes the dead paratrooper for the beast, he becomes frightened. Jack sees that the boys are terrified of the beast and uses their fear to his advantage.

How does Jack use the fear of the beast?

Jack uses the beast to control the others just by making them eay it. He orders everyone to eat, and guarantees himself another victory the moment they do. If the others have eaten the pig thay can't blame him for allowing the signal fire to go out..... that they eat is seen as a sign of approval for his actions.

What does the beast symbolize?

The Beast. The imaginary beast that frightens all the boys stands for the primal instinct of savagery that exists within all human beings. ... As the boys grow more savage, their belief in the beast grows stronger. By the end of the novel, the boys are leaving it sacrifices and treating it as a totemic god.

Why does piggy say the beast can't exist?

Unless we get frightened of people. In Chapter 5, Piggy refuses to believe a real beast is on the island, but he does concede that fear itself exists, and could be particularly dangerous if the boys start to become frightened of one another. ... Piggy fears that the boys are going to descend into savagery in Chapter 5.

Who says I know there isn't no beast?

"Life," said Piggy expansively, "is scientific, that's what it is. In a year or two when the war's over they'll be travelling to Mars and back. I know there isn't no beast - not with claws and all that, I mean but I know there isn't no fear, either."

Why are blue shadows creeping around Piggy's lips?

Piggy's lips have blue shadows creeping around them, because he is getting an asthma attack as a result of the obvious tension between Ralph and Jack. He is worried that this behavior will lead to something disastrous.

Why is the beast a human both heroic and sick to Simon?

To Simon, the beast is a hidden evil, carried by all humans. ... He seems to view humans as naturally good and evil. This is why it is heroic and sick.

What embarrassing question does Ralph ask why is it embarrassing?

"Come on." So Ralph asks Jack the embarassing question, "Why do you hate me?", which Jacks leaves unanswered. It's embarassing because it points out that Ralph knows how Jack feels about Jack not being leader, and that Jack's actions on the island and his attempts to gain power haven't gone unnoticed.

What does Jack call the Littluns?

Jack stands up, takes the conch, and yells at the littluns for screaming like babies and not hunting or building or helping. Jack tells them that there is no beast on the island.

Are Sam and Eric Littluns?

The name 'bigguns' doesn't have as distinct a beginning as 'littluns,' and pretty much just came up so that the older boys' group also had a name. The bigguns are the group that most of the story revolves around and includes Ralph, Jack, Piggy, Roger, Sam, Eric, and Bill.

Who scares the Littluns by walking around by himself?

Lord of the Flies Chapter 5 Beast from Water Questions

Question	Answer
What does Ralph think they ought to do before they let the fire go out?	"ought to die" (p. What does Jack's hesitation to kill the piglet show? Why does Jack hesitate when he lifts his knife to kill the piglet, and what does he promise will happen next time he meets a pig? Jack's hesitation shows that he must learn to put aside his inhibitions, whether they are learned or natural. He promises that "next time there would be no mercy."