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Lord Of The Flies Brief Summary

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During World War II, a plane crammed full of boys from England, are being flown over the Pacific away from the war, when struck down in the process. The pilot of the plane is killed in the crash along with several other boys, but some of the boys luckily survive the crash and find themselves deserted on an island, where they are alone without any girls or adult supervision. The first two boys introduced in the book are Ralph, who is among the oldest of the boys and Piggy is a pudgy asthmatic boy with glasses who holds a keen intelligence. Ralph finds a conch shell, and when he blows into it, the other boys stranded across the island gather together to see what it is. Among the boys that come to the sound of the conch is Jack Merridew, an aggressive …show more content…

Ralph says that they should build a fire on the mountain that could signal any passing ships. The boys start building the fire, but all of the littluns lose interest quickly and start wandering off into the jungle. Piggy just sits around and watches, but he shows to help when the boys use his specs to start the fire. After they start the fire, it gets out of control and takes out half of the mountain. Piggy loses his temper, calling all the other boys fools, and worrying that they still do not know how many boys there are, due to them running off like animals and not giving him a chance to tally their names down and believes that one of them is already …show more content…

Ralph terminates the hunters as boys with sticks, but Jack accuses him of calling his hunters cowards. Jack attempts to take control over the other boys once again, but when Ralph gains the support of the other boys Jack runs away. Jack then claims that he will not play Ralph’s games and would be the chief of the hunters and they will go to the castle rock where they plan to build a fort and have a feast. The hunters kill a sow; they then cut off the head and leave it on a stake as an offering for the

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