Across
- 2. The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island.
- 5. A pair of twins closely allied with Ralph. Sam and Eric are always together, and the other boys often treat them as a single entity.
- 6. A littlun whom Roger stalks and throws rocks at early in the book
- 7. A physically vulnerable boy with asthma, glasses, and weight issues, he is an outcast who acts as Ralph's intelligent advisor, advocating for order, rules, and the rescue fire.
- 8. The youngest boys who represent the innocent, vulnerable population dependent on the older boys. They are plagued by fear of the "beast".
- 10. Becomes the leader of the hunters but longs for total power and becomes increasingly wild, barbaric, and cruel as the novel progresses.
- 11. A choir member who plays the role of the pig in a frenzied dance and becomes a, albeit minor, member of Jack's hunters.
- 12. A shy, insightful, and innately good "bigun" who represents morality, spiritual truth, and connection to nature.
- 13. A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him.
Down
- 1. Not a child, but a figure from the adult world whose corpse is mistaken for the beast, accelerating the boys' descent into fear and chaos.
- 3. Rescues the children at the end of the novel.
- 4. One of the littluns who is often reduced to tears. He is one of the first children on the island to see the “beast,” which he believes comes out of the sea.
- 9. The name given to the sow’s head that Jack’s gang impales on a stake and erects in the forest as an offering to the “beast.”