Lord of the Flies: Chapter 12
Reading Quiz

1. What is ironic about the officer’s criticism of the boys’ actions? How are his actions in war different from theirs? What are the connections between actual war and the boys on the island?

2. What is Golding trying to say about humanity by writing this novel? What do you think he thinks of war, violence, government, and morality?

3. Why does Ralph cry at the end of the novel? Be sure to reflect on the quotation: “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.”