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Chapter:

The Sound of the Shell

• Explanation of the physical features of a fair haired boy, Ralph.
• A fat boy appears from behind asking about a man with a megaphone, as their plane was attacked and they crashed on that island.
• They tried to guess exactly where they are, Ralph is highly delighted to know that there are no grown ups here.
• Innocence of the fat boy, Piggy, who feels pride in having asthma and wearing glasses.
• Piggy is innocent, moral and intellectual boy who remembers his aunt at every point.
• Ralph is overjoyed as there are no restrictions on him now.
• Ralph finds a shell, conch, Piggy advises him to blow it so all the scattered boys can come to their platform.
• The sound of the shell shatters the whole island and boys continue to gather.
• They vote for Ralph as their chief which disappoints Jack.
• Jack, Simon and Ralph go to confirm whether it is an island or not, they find it is.
• Jack is too proud about his hunt but he misses the animal, he assures the innocent boys that next time it won’t happen so.

Chapter:

Huts on the Beach

• Ralph and Simon are busy in building huts for the younger boys to live in.
• Jack is irritated because he missed a pig this time also.
• There is a clash between Ralph and Jack.
• The boys are split between meat and shelters.
• Little boys are playing all the time on the beach, splashing about in water.
• Expect Simon and Ralph nobody is interested in building huts.
• Simon is a mysterious boy who walks through the deep jungle all alone.
• Ralph and Jack go for swimming but the feeling of mutual dislike remains

between them.

Chapter:

Painted Faces and Long Hairs

• Littluns are playing on the beach with the sandcastles.
• Roger and Maurice emerge from the jungle and destroy some of the castles.
• Jack maps out a new plan for hunting with colored charcoal as a camouflage on their faces.
• Samneric also joined the hunting party neglecting their duty to keep the fire going.
• Ralph spots a ship in the distance, he is highly disappointed to see that the ship left them attended as the fire has fire out.
• Simon, Piggy and Ralph hurry to lit the fire but the ship is gone by the time they reach there.
• The ship is gone but Jack and his hunters are triumphant.
• Ralph points out they missed a ship for that Jack apologizes but Ralph is still angry as it is not a minor thing to be swallow.
• They arrange a celebration dance while Ralph calls an assembly.

Chapter:

Beast From Air

• An aerial battle is taking place.
• A casualty of the bottle floats down to the island. The breeze inflates the parachute, making the body appear to sit up and then sink again.
• Samneric catch the glimpse of the body’s movement and hear the parachute inflating.
• They flee to Ralph in panic with a story exaggerated by their fears.
• Ralph calls an assembly and they decide to investigate the only spot left unexplored on the island.
• Piggy and Littluns are left on the beach.
• Ralph wants to be rescued, this island is no more adventurous for him.

Chapter: 7

Shadows and Tall Trees

• Ralph alienates himself from the group created by Jack and spends time to realize the vastness of sea.
• He does not like his dirty and smelly state.
• Simon joins him, reading his mind, prophesies that he will make it back home. “ You will get back to where you came from.”
• Jack is slightly wounded on a hunting mission, Ralph gets his first taste of hunting by striking a boar with his spear.
• Mock hunting boys acting as the pigs, Ralph urges them to stop and insists to go back.
• Simon volunteers to cross the Island alone to inform Piggy that the others wont be able to come back immediately.
• Jack, Ralph and Roger continue to search fro the beast.
• Jack goes on the mountain top, and returns terrifies, Roger and Ralph get frightened after seeing that spot.
• They seethe image of the beast in the darkness(the dead paratrooper).
• They flee to the platform in the darkness.

Chapter:

A View to the Death

• A storm is building over the island.
• Sense of gloominess and darkness prevails.
• Simon recollects his conscious and makes his way back to the others to give them the news that, “the beast was harmless…”
• He is famishing and can barley walk.
• Piggy and Ralph are left alone because all the biguns except Samneric have joined Jack’s tribe.
• Jack announces a party and he feels pride in calling himself as the sole meat provider. He throws the meat at boys feet.
• A row between Jack and Ralph over meat.
• It starts raining, Jack orders a dance in response.
• They take their spears, clubs and started moving in a circle.
• Simon appears in the middle of the circle, bends on his knees and tries to say something but the boys leapt upon him considering him the beast.
• They tore, struck and bit him and he was no more. “ Even in the rain they could see how small a beast it was…”

Chapter:

The Shell and the Glasses

• Only Piggy, Samneric and some Littluns are left with Ralph.
• Ralph is guilty as he considers the death of Simon as a murder.
• Piggy argues that it was just an accident done in the darkness.
• Jack begins acting like a cruel dictator, having his boys tied up and beaten

for angering him.

• He plans a raid on Ralph’s camp to get the fire so they can roast the pig.
• Ralph plans that they should let the fire die for tonight so that raiders can’t

steal burning branches.

• Jack attacks Ralph’s group, steal Piggy’s glasses. He has the glasses,

hunting boys and authority.

• Jack is the chief now in true sense because he has the power symbol, glasses

in his hold.

• Roger throws stones at the twins to scare them.
• Ralph is open with jack and tells him what he did to them. “You played a dirty trick.”
• He says he came here just to take Piggy’s glasses. “ You pinched Piggy’s specs, you've got to give them back.”
• The savages laughed at Ralph’s impassioned speech about the necessity of a signal fire.
• Jack orders his boys to grab Samneric and tie them. Tempting Ralph for a fight.
• Roger is constantly throwing stones. “ below him, Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat.”
• Piggy says he has the conch and inquires from the others, “ Which is better-to be a pack of painted niggers like you are or to be sensible like Ralph.”
• All of sudden a momentous rock falls upon Piggy’s neck and he is falt, his barin comes out the conch is crashed into powder.

• Jack screams in victory at Ralph and throws his spears at him, Ralph is wounded and flees for his life.
• He came with three sincere, civil fellows and left in a horrible state.
• Piggy was crashes mercilessly, Samneric were kidnapped forcefully and he himself was seriously wounded.
• The power symbol is also gone, Ralph is empty handed, all alone surrounded by brutes.
• Golding shows that savagery takes victory over civilization.
• It is easy to prove and act wrong while goodness has to endure great hardship.