Piggy’s Glasses
Piggy’s glasses are symbolic for a number of reasons in Lord of the Flies. The spectacles represent the boys’ only means of...
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Jack
Jack is the arrogant leader of the choir in Lord of the Flies, and after the crash, demands that he be...
The Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Flies appears in Chapter Eight. Jack and his hunters kill a sow and decide to leave an offering for the...
The Conch
Piggy and Ralph find the conch shell just after the crash on the island and Ralph blows into it to...
Simon
Simon is the most mysterious character in Lord of the Flies. He is first introduced as a member of Jack’s choir,...
War
In many ways, war is the central theme of Lord of the Flies; the experience of the boys on the island...
World War II
William Golding was a schoolteacher at Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury, Wiltshire at the outbreak of the Second World War....
Sam and Eric
Sam and Eric, who quickly become known as ‘Samneric’, are identical twins, and completely inseparable. They provide some comic relief from...
Castle Rock
The Castle Rock is a fictional place in Lord of the Flies. The boys discover it halfway through the book while...
The Naval Officer
The Naval Officer appears at the end of Lord of the Flies and represents the chance of rescue to the stranded boys....
Roger
Roger is a member of Jack’s choir and is described as ‘a slight furtive boy whom no one knew, who...
Maurice
Maurice – ‘broad and grinning all the time’ at the beginning of Lord of the Flies – is a member of Jack’s choir...