Lord Of The Flies Prompt List (Mild TW Mentioned/implied Topics)

Lord of the Flies Prompt List (Mild TW mentioned/implied topics)

-What if the island wasn’t tropical

-What if the boys (aged up) were actually in the military on their way to war when they crashed

-The beast was actually real

-When the boys are eventually rescued, they don’t return to England. Instead, they are sent to America as war continues

-(my friend gave me this one) When the officer lands, he does not speak English

-A natural disaster hits the island

-The boys, rather than pigs, turn to the water for food

-Simon isn’t the one that dies that night

-What if the boys got rescued before anyone (but poor mulberry boy) died?

-Disease strikes the boys

-Jack was always the chief

-It wasn’t Roger that killed Piggy

-Modern AU

-Simon isn’t the only one the Lord of the Flies ‘talks’ to

-Cannibalism.

-One of the boys, thanks to the impromptu landing, is left with an injury that will stick with them for years

-What if there were predators on the island?

-Simon can see the future (because he’s not beating the prophet allegations with this one boys)

-The plane doesn’t end up crashing into the water, it very much stays on the island (dead pilot time)

-British boys weren’t the only ones there

-Character(s) break the fourth wall but are really bad at doing it

-Ralph’s kind of experience on a farm helps to start a little garden

-all the boys were the same age

-The officer doesn’t believe Jack was trying to kill Ralph

-Explore Roger’s state of mind throughout the book

-This wasn’t Simon’s first seizure and it’s definitely not the last

-They find the body of Unnamed Mulberry Boy rest in peace(s)

-They get fallout from nuclear warfare

-An enemy captain finds the island first

-The parachuter was still alive when he landed

-Messages in bottles

-Phobias

-Surprising or not, Jack does NOT want to go home.

-Famine

-Debris from the war washes up

-The biguns contemplate what awaits them after their hypothetical rescue

-This happens during the first world war

-Ralph goes into foster care after being rescued

-A lot less boys survive the island. Explain.

-The Painted Faces Possess. There Is Much More To Fear Than The ‘Beast’.

-The boys never get fire

-Alternatively, the boys become much more civilized under Piggy’s ruling

-Ralph and Jack enter a partnership. Ralph is the level-headed and rational thinker, Jack has the voice and quick thinking. Jalph shippers go wild

-Describe the conversation between Jack and Simon’s guardian and Roger and Piggy’s Auntie.

-Ralph’s father does actually search for them.

-There are snakes

-What is the littluns point of view for through this?

-How do Sam and Eric feel during the rescue and/or hunt?

-Simon comes across the remains of the piglets (the lord of the flies babies)

-Disease does not affect the boys, but the island’s flora

-Disease does not affect the boys, but the island’s fauna

-Acid rain

-Prehistoric remains are found

-Ralph starts enforcing his rules with violence

-The island changes them in more ways than one

-It’s a different animal they are hunting

-Piggy has an asthma attack

-The biguns go through Uncomfortable Island Puberty TM

-Jack’s tribe leans more into cultic behavior. Now, they worship and sacrifice to the Beast

-Simon successfully tells them the truth of the ‘Beast’

-Out of every boy on the island, Jack feels the most guilt in the aftermath. Especially when Ralph is found drowned in a cow trough.

-The littluns start their own tribe

Added 4/22/25:

-Explore the fate of Piggy’s parents

-What was (any of) the boys life like before the island?

-In a dire attempt to keep the boys in order, Ralph turns to religion

-The boys aren’t going to wait for rescue to get off the island

-They weren’t the first humans to wash up on that island

-There are caves beneath the island, going down miles and centuries

-Jack never meant for things to go so far. But now, with the weight of his own deeds, he can’t stop.

-The littluns are the only mature ones

4/23/25: some fantasy prompts to explore more supernatural themes

-Mermaid AU

-Fantasy creatures inhabit the island

-Do something magical with the conch I guess

-The boys get animal mutations

-the war was a government cover up for an active alien invasion the boys experience first hand.

(sorry these seem really vague or bland I’ll fix and update more as I go)

If you do use any plz don’t credit I don’t own ideas but plz plz PLEASE tell me if you do end up posting anywhere so I can read it