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__Lord of the Flies__ Study Questions Chapter 1
 * 1) Why is the chapter entitled “The Sound of the Shell”?
 * 2) What is Ralph’s attitude toward Piggy in the first chapter?
 * 3) What is the significance of Piggy’s plea to join the expedition?
 * 4) Why is Ralph elected chief?
 * 5) What is the “scar” that is repeatedly mentioned?
 * 6) Why is Jack unable to kill the pig?
 * 7) What do Piggy, Simon, and the littlun with the birthmark have in common?
 * 8) How is Jack presented to the reader?
 * 9) Why did Golding use British schoolboys?
 * 10) How is Piggy revealed as most closely tied to the world of adults?
 * 11) How is Piggy indirectly responsible for the blowing of the conch?

__Lord of the Flies__ Study Questions Chapter 2 __Lord of the Flies__ Study Questions Chapter 3
 * 1) What question does the littlun with the birthmark raise?
 * 2) How do Ralph and Jack answer the question about the beast?
 * 3) What is the significance of the chapter’s title “Fire on the Mountain”?
 * 4) How do they start the fire?
 * 1) What is the significance of the title “Huts on the Beach”?
 * 2) Why does Ralph reproach Jack?
 * 3) What two groups with differing goals are emerging?
 * 4) Why does Simon go to his bower?

__Lord of the Flies__ Study Questions Chapter 4
 * 1) What is the significance of the title “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
 * 2) Why does Roger, throwing stones at the littluns, aim just to miss?
 * 3) What definite stand does Ralph make?
 * 4) Why does Jack refuse to give Piggy meat?

__ Chapter 5 Questions __
 * 1) What is the significance of the title “Beast from Water”?
 * 2) What is the paradox of the boys' attitude toward the beast?
 * 3) Why does Ralph call a meeting?
 * 4) What does Piggy dissuade Ralph from giving up his position as chief?

__Chapter 6 Questions__
 * 1) What is the irony of the dead parachutist landing on the mountain?
 * 2) Why is Simon the only one to doubt the existence of a beast?
 * 3) Why do Ralph and Jack both insist on going after the beast?
 * 4) Why does Jack say that they don’t need the conch any longer?

__Chapter 7 Questions__
 * 1) Why does Simon tell Ralph that "you" will get back all right?
 * 2) What happens when Ralph wounds the boar?
 * 3) What is the significance of what Ralph asks Jack?
 * 4) Why do the boys run from the dead parachutist?

__Chapter 8 Questions__
 * 1) Why do the boys refuse to vote for Jack as chief but slip off to join him later?
 * 2) What does Jack tell his new tribe?
 * 3) Why is the killing of the sow discussed in such detail?
 * 4) What does the Lord of the Flies tell Simon?

__Chapter 9 Questions__
 * 1) What reason does Ralph give for the boys’ defection to Jack?
 * 2) What kind of leader is Jack?
 * 3) How does Jack propose to rule without the conch?
 * 4) Why do Ralph and Piggy join the dance?
 * 5) Why is Simon’s dead body carried out to sea in terms of glorification?

__Lord of the Flies__ Study Questions Chapter 10
 * 1) What is the significance of the title “The Shell and the Glasses”?
 * 2) Why do Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric lie about their part in Simon’s death or use the darkness as an excuse?
 * 3) How is Wilfred punished?
 * 4) How does Jack account for the death of Simon?

__Lord of the Flies__ Study Questions Chapter 11
 * 1) Why do Ralph and Piggy decide to visit Jack’s camp?
 * 2) What is the reaction of Jack’s tribe to Ralph’s talk of the rescue?
 * 3) What happens when Piggy holds up the conch and tries to talk?
 * 4) Why does Roger shove his way past Jack, only just managing not to edge him aside?

__Lord of the Flies__ Study Questions Chapter 12
 * 1) How does Ralph learn of Jack’s plans for him?
 * 2) What does Ralph say to the twins when they refuse to help him?
 * 3) Does Ralph understand why he must be killed?
 * 4) What is the irony of Samneric’s behavior?
 * 5) How does the author describe Ralph’s flight across the island?
 * 6) What is the irony of the fire?
 * 7) Why is Percival unable to remember his name and address?
 * 8) Why is Piggy’s fall emphasized?
 * 9) Why does Ralph say that he is in charge on the island?
 * 10) What comparison is implied at the end of the novel?

__Lord of the Flies__ Discussion Questions
 * Examination of Motivation**
 * 1) When the story opens, what is Ralph’s attitude toward the island?
 * 2) What forces begin to act upon him?
 * 3) What is his attitude toward Jack?
 * 4) How does this attitude change?
 * 5) What is his opinion of the “beast” when it is first mentioned?
 * 6) How does Ralph change his opinion?
 * 7) What are the two forces pulling at Ralph?
 * 8) Which of these two forces becomes strongest in the end?
 * Examination of Symbolism**
 * 1) In what way is the novel an allegory of the Garden of Eden?
 * 2) How is Simon a Christ-figure?
 * 3) What is the meaning of “Lord of the Flies”?
 * 4) What is the significance of Piggy’s glasses?
 * 5) What are two other symbols in the novel?
 * 6) What is the beast?
 * Examination of Philosophy**
 * 1) Explain how the characters are representative of the forces Freud identified in the human psyche.
 * 2) Explain how the characters are representative of the different temperaments Kiersey recognized.
 * 3) Note the casual way in which Ralph gives Jack control of the army. What is Golding’s implied comment on our attitude toward brute force?
 * 4) Is Golding totally cynical? Do you agree with him?
 * If, as Golding says, the boys are “good” only as long as they remember and obey the rules, the rules must be “good” also. This, then, presupposes the existence of “good” human beings who created the moral code. How does such a hypothesis alter Golding’s indictment of humanity, or does it?
 * 1) Christianity regards mankind as marked by original sin. That is, Adam fell from grace in the Garden of Eden, and all men are inherently evil. However, there is some hope of promise that a Redeemer will come to save mankind. Does Golding share this traditional Christian viewpoint?