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Lord of the Flies

9th-10th grade ELA · Medium · 20-25 min

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This board helps players review Literature · William Golding through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Characters, Setting & Plot, Themes, Symbols, Trivia & Quotes. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Characters

    The fair-haired leader elected at the start.

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    Ralph

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  • Setting & Plot

    Where the boys are stranded.

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    A deserted tropical island

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  • Themes

    Central conflict — order versus this.

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    Savagery / civilization vs. savagery

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  • Symbols

    What the conch shell symbolizes.

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    Order, civilization, democracy

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  • Trivia & Quotes

    Year published.

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    1954

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  • Allegory & Characters

    Ralph allegorically represents this.

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    Democracy / order / civilization

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Characters

$100 — The fair-haired leader elected at the start.
Ralph
$200 — The boy with glasses, the intellectual.
Piggy
$300 — The leader of the choir who becomes the villain.
Jack
$400 — The quiet, mystical boy who 'sees' the truth.
Simon
$500 — The twins who serve as Ralph's loyal lookouts.
Sam and Eric (Samneric)

Setting & Plot

$100 — Where the boys are stranded.
A deserted tropical island
$200 — What caused the plane crash.
A war (the boys were being evacuated)
$300 — The object used to call meetings.
The conch shell
$400 — The 'beast' the boys fear is actually this.
A dead parachutist (and their own fear)
$500 — Who rescues the boys at the end.
A British naval officer

Themes

$100 — Central conflict — order versus this.
Savagery / civilization vs. savagery
$200 — The darkness or evil that exists inside humans.
Inherent evil of mankind
$300 — Loss of childhood purity.
Loss of innocence
$400 — The corrupting effect of being in charge.
Power and leadership
$500 — Mob mentality and how it grows on the island.
Group violence / hysteria

Symbols

$100 — What the conch shell symbolizes.
Order, civilization, democracy
$200 — What Piggy's glasses symbolize.
Intellect, reason, science (and they make fire)
$300 — What the 'Lord of the Flies' itself symbolizes.
Evil within humans (and Beelzebub)
$400 — The fire on the mountain symbolizes this.
Hope of rescue / connection to civilization
$500 — The signal smoke vs. the hunt fire shows this.
Civilization vs. savagery

Trivia & Quotes

$100 — Year published.
1954
$200 — Golding's later award (1983) for literature.
Nobel Prize in Literature
$300 — What 'Lord of the Flies' translates to in Hebrew.
Beelzebub
$400 — Who kills Piggy.
Roger (with a rock/boulder)
$500 — Who kills Simon.
The group of boys in a frenzy

Allegory & Characters

$100 — Ralph allegorically represents this.
Democracy / order / civilization
$200 — Jack allegorically represents this.
Dictatorship / savagery / tyranny
$300 — Piggy represents this.
Reason / science / intellect
$400 — Simon represents this.
Spirituality / natural goodness / the Christ figure
$500 — The historical event that shaped Golding's view of humanity.
World War II

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