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Who wrote the Lord of the Flies?
William Golding
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Who was the person who had a motivation rooted in his connection with nature?
Simon
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How does Jack control the other boys?
through using fear and manipulation
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What in the novel represents authority, power, and order?
Conch shell
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Does Jack wound a pig yes or no?
yes
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Where does Simon wander off too?
His "nest" within the forest, alone
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Who becomes the island's main hunter?
Jack
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The novel suggests that the defects of society can be traced back to the defects of what?
Humans/ Human Nature
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What occurred that scared the Littluns?
They had nightmares.
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What is the first thing Jack asks for after returning from the forest?
Water
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Why is Ralph annoyed with Jack and the rest of the children?
They aren't willing to help and participate in building the huts.
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Who in the story represents the scientific and more rational side of civilization?
Piggy
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According to the novel, what is man's natural state?
savage and cruel
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What represents reason and science?
Glasses
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Who does Simon help on his way to the forest?
The "littluns"
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Who stays behind and helps Ralph build the huts?
Simon
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The younger group of kids who are not yet into the older groups' nickname is what?
Littluns
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The author specifically compares the boys to what?
animals
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What does Jacks' obsession with hunting the pig foreshadow?
Jack's barbarism and future danger to the group.
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What's the instruction Simon gave to Ralph when constructing the roof?
Up a bit.
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1. If it rains. 2. Protecting the kids from the "beastie"
What are the two reasons why Ralph thinks the shelters are important?
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Who said "As if the beastie, the beastie or the snake-thing, was real. Remember?"
Simon
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What is the most important task to Ralph? Jack?
To Jack, it is hunting and for Ralph, it is building shelter.
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What do the pig droppings represent?
Jack's waste of time hunting for the pig.
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When Jack says he's going to "trek over to the other side of the mountain and see if I can see." What two words come at the end of that sentence?
any traces
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