Fables Allegory and Parables

Question 1

Fable

Answer 1

Short
Usually uses animals to represent humans
Usually directly conveys a lesson

Question 2

Parable

Answer 2

usually a bit longer then a fable

seemingly simple story but is intended to convey complexity (lesson)

Question 3

Allegory

Answer 3

most every character and piece of setting is meant to represent an abstraction (hopes, thoughts ideas)
tends to be longer than a parable
LOTF can be read a an allegory
intended to teach a lesson

Question 4

Allegorical Statement

Answer 4

Boys=Humanity
Island=World
Ocean=Vastness Unknown
Green=Life Paradise
Fire=Destruction Hell

Surrounded by a vast great ocean, the boys destroy the green of the island and create a fiery world.

Question 5

Social Allegorical Statement

Answer 5

Ralph=Government
Jack=Power
Piggy=Technology
Simon-Humanism

Ralph tries to balance Jack, Piggy, and Simon. However Jack destroys Piggy and Simon and just barely destroys Ralph.

Question 6

Moral Allegorical Statement

Answer 6

Ralph=Common Sense
Jack=Emotion
Piggy=Intellect
Simon=Soul

Ralph tries to balance Jack, Piggy, and Simon. However Ralph fails; and Jack destroys Piggy and Simon, leaving Ralph in an uninhabited world of chaos.