boys is shot down, crashing in a thick jungle on a deserted island. Scattered

by the wreck, the surviving boys lose each other. One of the older boys,

Ralph, meets Piggy, a chubby, intellectual boy, on the beach. They discover

a large white conch shell; Piggy realizes that it could be used as a kind of

makeshift trumpet, and convinces Ralph to blow it to find the other boys.

Summoned by the blast of sound from the shell, boys begin straggling onto

the beach. The oldest among them are around twelve; the youngest are only

five. Among the group is a boys' choir, dressed in black gowns and led by

an older boy named Jack. The boys all taunt Piggy, mocking his

appearance and his nickname; Jack snaps at them to stand at attention.

The boys decide to elect a leader, and vote for Ralph, though Jack

clearly wants the position. To mitigate Jack's ambition, Ralph asks the choir

to serve as the hunters for the band of boys, and asks Jack to lead them.

Mindful of the need to explore their new environment, the boys choose

Ralph, Jack, and a choir member named Simon to explore the island,

ignoring Piggy's whining requests to be picked. The trio of explorer

are a danger to the tribe. He says that he and the other hunters should raid

Ralph's camp, and that they will hunt again tomorrow.

on a hunt, and he is caught up in the exhilaration of the chase. The boar

beast. The other boys are too afraid to act on his suggestion. Ralph slips

use a real boar in the game next time, but Jack replies that they should use a

calling for an assembly. Jack tells the others that there is definitely a beast

The boys soon reach a part of the island that none of them has ever

that it might come up from the ocean at night. This previously unthought-of

interest even in the signal fire. They are awakened by howling and shrieking,

its head on a sharpened stake in the jungle, a gift for the beast. As they

former authority. But once at Jack's camp, the group is met by armed

wake up, they see the enormous silhouette of his parachute and hear the

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Approximate Word count = 4606
Approximate Pages = 18 (250 words per page double spaced)