Lord Of The Flies Summary

The boys’ beginning on the island starts with a very positive and playful atmosphere. To begin, Ralph and Piggy find a conch shell that they think will help call

The final push that drives the young boys over the edge is when the hunters kill Piggy. Ralph, Piggy, and a few others try to reclaim Piggy’s glasses at Jack’s camp. When Ralph arrives he is met by Jack and his hunters. The boys start to argue and a fight breaks out. Roger, one of Jack’s violent hunters, shoves Piggy over the cliff side. “Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea” (Golding 181). Roger had not shown Piggy any mercy. They all used to be good boys until the island took their innocence away from

Likewise, the boys in the novel go into a state of hysteria due to the mysterious and new environment that they are exposed to. In connection with the previous fear, the boys have no adults to answer their questions, which further provoke this fear. During the assembly where Ralph discusses about the beast, a boy gives his interpretation of the beast, saying, “Maybe he means it’s some sort of ghost.” (96) The boy’s perception of the beast inflicts fear on the group since a ghost is not tangible, visible, and cannot be hunted. This statement also creates chaos in the assembly and ultimately ends it, as the boys are too terrified to have a civilized conversation. The idea of a beast lurking on the island disrupts the boys’ priorities. The boys are too concerned about the beast that they become unproductive on the island. This results in the downfall of the society since a majority of the boys neglect their work and go hunting for an imaginary beast that does not physically exist. The fear of the unknown also stops their signal fire because of the beast that Samneric claims they saw, “It kind of sat up…there were eyes…Teeth…Claws” (109) The fear of the unknown deceived Samneric from seeing a human by distorting the reality. Ironically, their description of the beast is similar to a human with “eyes” and “teeth”, but their fear blinded them from viewing a dead parachutist instead of a beast. The confirmation of a beast only greatens the dispute between Ralph and Jack that separates them. This prompted Jack to instantly demand for a hunt and prevents the boys from continuing the signal fire and building huts. The fear of the unknown gives Jack more power than Ralph since he is a hunter and promises the boys to kill the beast. As a result, Jack has the power to leave the group with the assurance that he will not be alone. The separation of the boys is a consequence of

In the end, all the boys learn a lesson. They had many struggles and troubles of staying together as a group. Jack and his hunting group ended up setting the whole island on fire. “ The fire was a big one and the drum-roll that he has thought was left so far behind was nearer. Couldn't a fire outrun a galloping horse?” ( Chapter 12, Page 278) The horrific fire caught the attention of a naval vessel passing by the island. Ralph collapses in exhaustion, but when he wakes up, he sees a British naval officer right over him.

After a series of events, such as the previously-mentioned shelter conflict and the creation of the beast, as well as the pig-killing dance at Jack’s camp, the deaths of Simon and Piggy, and the breaking of the conch shell (the only remaining symbol of order on the island), by the end of the story, all order is lost and the boys have turned into complete savages. They ruthlessly tried to kill or escape from each other until, thankfully, an adult marine arrived on the island who brought back peace and order. His appearance causes all the boys to regretfully cry, mourning their horrid experience on

They are twins that were aboard the plane that landed on the island. The twins claimed that while on the island there were many feuds between Ralph and Jack. These arguments usually revolved around who was to be the leader of the island. Sam and Eric decided to follow the leadership of Ralph over Jack. The twins testified that one day while going to Jack’s tribe with Ralph and Piggy to retrieve Piggy’s glasses they were captured by one of Jack’s boys. Once captured both twins were tortured with sticks specifically by a boy named Roger. After this occurrence Sam and Eric felt obliged to join Jack’s tribe. After the twins testimony, Roger was the following witness called up by the prosecutors. Roger testified that he believed that “both deaths were terrible accidents”. Roger took part in Simon’s death along with many of the other boys. There was a night on the island where all the boys were riled up hunting for “the beast” and they all mistook Simon for “the beast”. As for Piggy’s death, Roger’s role was that he released the boulder that fell onto Piggy. Prosecutors believed that Roger was under Jack’s influence and felt obliged to release the boulder or that he would also be tortured like Sam and

The story took place during a nuclear war and that the boys’ plane was attacked while they were being evacuated and they crash into an island. It was later found out that there were no adults present in the island but only boys ages six to twelve; this was informed by a boy named Piggy. Ralph, the protagonist, was voted to be chief of the group despite Jack’s, the antagonist, request to be chief himself. To make a compromise, Jack was chosen to be leader of the hunters. As the boys travel around the island to get a better idea of their surroundings, it was decided that they should make a signal fire in case a ship comes by to ensure their rescue. When Ralph, Jack, and another boy named Simon comes back from their journey, a boy mentions a beast being on the loose in the island and this brought fear into the boys. The conflict between Ralph and Jack for leadership starts from both of their priorities being that they build a signal fire to be rescued or that they should hunt for food to survive, respectfully. This was proven when there was a ship passing by and that the signal was burned out because of the neglect to keep the fire going. This was due to Jack and his hunters focusing more on hunter for food, which they are successful, instead of ensuring their chances of being rescued. Their conflict intensifies due to the fear of the beast. This was later proven when the boys mistaken a deceased man on a parachute to be the beast and they all were on a hunt for it. Simon was the only one who found out that there was no actual beast but the beast was in the boys themselves. He tried to tell the rest of the boys but he was killed by them in the process. Tensions are still high between Ralph and Jack to the point that they separate themselves from each other and majority of the boys join Jack’s tribe. Ralph, Piggy,

Because of Ralph's strict orders and obvious authority Jack leaves and his tribe corrupt themselves. With their prowwes of indefatigable evil, they kill Simonand the innocent parachutist. Jack and his huntersattack Ralph, Piggy, Sam, and Ericand take Piggy's specs. Piggy, wanting to confront them, ends up dying trying to talk to them and convince them of their wrong doing. When they capture Same and Eric they put them at Castle Rock to guard Jack and his hunters, where Sam and Eric warn Ralph of the huntershunt for Ralph the next day. This proves that at the end of the book the boys on the island were indefinately corrupted. This corruption of chaacter in the boys also proves that their innocence was taken away.

Simon fainted and when he woke up, he went to the mountain and found that there was no beast just a man in a parachute. He rushed back to tell the others, who were at the feast, but was ambushed and killed. The next day Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric discuss what they had done and they all feel remorse. Later that night Jack and his hunters attacked Ralph and his followers and stole Piggy’s glasses. The next day the boys went to retrieve the glasses and in a fight between Ralph and Jack, Piggy was killed and Sam and Eric were captured. That night Ralph was told by Sam and Eric that he would be hunted the next day and most likely killed as a double-sided sharpened stick has already been made. That morning Sam and Eric told Jack that Ralph was hiding. Jack then set the forest on fire in the hope of bringing out Ralph. The novel concluded when Ralph, running for his life, confronted a British naval officer who came ashore to check out the smoke on the island.

In this confrontation, Piggy is knocked off a cliff and killed, Samneric are captured and forced to join the savages, and Ralph narrowly escapes Jack. The next day, the savages conduct and island-wide search for Ralph, their intentions are to capture and kill him. Ralph evades them, time and time again, until they decide to set the forest on fire. The story takes a surprising end when Ralph, running for his life from the savages, runs straight into a man on the beach. The man claims to be a naval officer, prepared to rescue the boys.

Ralph blows the conch, and no one came to the meeting except a handful of littleluns. In order to get in contact with Jack and his group, the four boys must travel to Castle Rock in order to explain to Jack their point of view on the fire and Piggy’s glasses. Piggy carries the conch

At encountering a lagoon on a beach a boy meets another boy who wears glasses. Their plane had been shot down because of the war going on at the time. The boys exchange their names, Ralph and the boy with the glasses is Piggy.They begin to wonder where the other survivors are. They encounter a some-sort of a pink trumpet. They pick it up and blow it and sends to boys running to them. Jack the leader of the other survivors come rushing in with them. There is an election for chief and Ralph wins the election. Though jack was upset Ralph made a hunting group as him the leader and the choir the hunters. They head out to the jungle to hunt for food. Jack finds a pig he takes his knife and hesitates to kill it, the pig runs away.

After Simon and Piggy are dead, all the boys, except Ralph, go to survive with Jack. Ralph ends up being hunted by them, and they use a stick sharpened at both ends. The island goes up in flames while Ralph is being hunted. When help comes, an officer comes carrying a revolver. This revolver is just a modified version of the sticks used to hunt.

The boys stranded on the island create and become obsessed with a fictitious beast, despite being alone on the island with only pigs. When the first littlun suggests that there is a beastie, the biguns try to

One day some of the kids started to become scared because they claimed they saw a monster. This monster becomes a problems because Ralph believes it's all in their heads and they can conquer that fear. Jack believes that they are in a tribe which means they become hunters to survive. Ralph has an idea to start a fire. When a ship