2. Named one of the 100 novels for ALL TIME
- TIME Magazine

3. Named #70 on the 100 Most Banned Books list.
- ALA,

4. JUST SOME MODERN ALLUSIONS…
… in MUSIC:
Taking Back Sunday
Nine Inch Nails
Iron Maiden
AFI
Pink Floyd U2
Aerosmith
Bad Religion
The Offspring
… in SHOWS:
The Simpsons
South Park
Spongebob Squarepants
Lost
Survivor

5. AUTHOR: WILLIAM GOLDING
British novelist
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in literature
Fought in Royal Navy in WWII

7. “It was simply what seemed
sensible for me to write after
the war when everyone was
thanking God they weren’t
Nazi’s. I’d seen enough to
realize that every single one
of us could be Nazi’s.”

8. PUBLISHED: 1954 World in shambles after WWII Atomic bomb introduced
Tensions high (ex: USA and USSR in Cold War)

9. Shhh… remember “pig in hideout”

10. ALLEGORY
Representation of abstract idea using characters, figures, or events
A story in which symbolic objects present a greater idea

12. MICROCOSM
Small world that represents the entire world at large

14. BEELZEBUB Hebrew for “LUCIFER” (biblical references)
Direct translation: synonym for “Lord of the flies”

16. EDENIC Like a paradise / utopia
Reference to biblical Garden of Eden (perfect place; before evil)

18. Shhh… remember to grab the lighter