William Golding Lord Of The Flies Summary

Golding’s work begins with a plane full of boys heading away from England to escape a war going on back home. Their plane is shot down and it lands on an island in the Pacific, killing everyone on board except for the boys. Ralph finds a conch shell and calls all of the boys from the wilderness to meet on the beach. Ralph, the largest and oldest, is chosen as leader and he assigns Jack to lead hunters. After the discovery that they are on an island, the boys energetically light a signal fire and kill one of the younger boys. Ralph and Jack handle the brunt of responsibility until they get in a heated argument over the signal fire. The boys become convinced of a beast on the island and two encounter a dead body. The hunt for the beast leads
to a division in the group and Jack takes the majority and turns them into savage hunters. Ralph and Piggy join Jack and kill a boy, so they run away and are hunted by Jack. After Piggy is killed, Ralph hides until the boys are greeted on the beach by a naval officer, who rescues them.