Lord of the Flies Review

boys who finish each other's sentences; lack own identity; represent everyman archetype

• Ralph

• Samneric

• Jack

• Piggy

leader of the hunters; represents savagery and chaos; villain/doppelganger archetype

• Jack

• Ralph

• Simon

• Piggy

companion to Ralph; voice of reason and science; scapegoat archetype

• Simon

• Jack

• Piggy

• Merridew

Represents the boys' fear of the unknown

• The Beast

• Lord of the Flies

• plane crash

• scar

voted leader of the boys; tries to maintain order; represents hero/ruler archetype

• Ralph

• Jack

• Simon

• Piggy

Viewed as strange by other boys; killed during hunting ritual; outcast archetype

• Piggy

• Lord of the Flies

• Roger

• Simon

Severed pig's head offered to the Beast as sacrifice; represents evil in all people

• Lord of the Flies

• Simon

• Roger

• the Beast

starts off a quiet boy; turns cruel by end; enforcer or shadow archetype

• Jack

• Roger

• Simon

• Ralph

Whose responsibility is it to maintain the signal fire?

• Samneric

• Ralph

• the hunters

• Jack

What is the beast Samneric see on the mountain?

• dead parachutist

• a lion

• a snake

• a pig head