Chapter 11
1. Who "protested out of the heart of civilization?"
2. What happens to the conch and to Piggy?
3. What are Jack’s plans for Ralph?
4. What course of action does Ralph take?
5. What name did Ralph call Jack that infuriated him so
6. Why did Ralph and his group feel threatened by their suspicion that Jack’s tribe would be
painted?
Literary elements questions
7. At what other points in the novel did Piggy blame Jack for all the problems on the island?
8. How does the atmosphere of this chapter contrast with the atmosphere at the beginning of the
novel?
9. What other indications has Ralph given to show the importance he places on the boy’s
appearance?
10. What images give a picture-like quality to the scene, images that only the all-knowing narrator
can describe?
11. In what other instances did Piggy see more than the other boys
12. What words does the author use to alert the reader to Piggy’s danger?
13. How has Jack been corrupted by power?
14. What choices have the members of the tribe made? What does the author seem to be saying
about the lack of rules governing social order
15. How does Roger’s action reflect the changes in his behavior from earlier in the novel?
16. How does his death reflect the passage in Chapter 5, when Piggy’s death was foreshadowed?
Who said it?
17. "After all we aren't savages really, and being rescued isn't a game.”
18. "Well, we won't be painted, because we aren't savages."
19. You're a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!"
20. "See? See? That's what you'll get! I meant that! There isn't a tribe for you anymore! The
conch is gone-"
21. "Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?" Piggy 180
Chapter 12
1. Who was the "savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy in shorts
and shirt?"
2. Why would "bathing [Ralph's] injuries have to wait?"
3. Who had the "memory of a new and shameful loyalty?" Why?
4. Who sharpened a stick on both ends intending to use it on Ralph? Why
5. How did they try to get Ralph out of the thicket?
6. Ralph had 3 different strategies for 'escaping' the hunters. What were they?
7. What did Ralph find when he hid in the thicket?
8. What is Ralph’s reaction when he encounters the pig’s skull? “
9. Driven by fear and hunger, Ralph manages to make contact with Samneric who are standing
guard at Castle Rock. Of what do they warn him?
10. What or who saves Ralph in the end?
11. Why was Percival Wemys Madison unable to tell the officer his name and address?
12. Do you think the events of the novel could actually take place? Why or why not
Literary elements questions
13. What is the difference between the time that Jack is isolated from the group and this time when
Ralph is the isolated one?
14. What advantages can you find in telling the final chapter from Ralph’s point of view?
15. What earlier warnings did the novelist give that Ralph would be betrayed by those who had
elected him the chief
16. Where in the story has the novelist given clues that Roger would become so abusive of power?
17. Why are the images of a hunted animal especially appropriate at this point in the story?
18. What happens to Ralph when all the defenses are gone?
19. What was the origin of the smoke? What is the irony?
20. Does the story have a happy ending?
21. How has the power of the Lord of the Flies grown stronger since the head was placed on the
stick?
