Now a summary of one of the most popular novel "Lord of the Flies".William Golding''s adventurous tale about a
group of
boys marooned on an island is more than an action story. It is a commentary
on the darkness that exists in all mankind. The evil in every soul that
seeps through when humans are unsupervised, uncivilized and driven to
madness. In the midst of a nuclear war a group of school boys become
abandoned on an island when their plane goes down. Without adult
supervision they must work together to survive. At first the boys are
civilized and choose to elect a leader. A boy of twelve years old,
Ralph, is elected. The first
day goes rather smoothly and they talk
about rescue and what they have to do until then. Ralph is adamant
about establishing a smoke
signal so a pair of twin boys are assigned
the duty to start and watch a signal fire. Another group, the
choirboys, elect themselves to become the hunters and provide meat for
the group. They are led by a strong willed twelve year old, Jack.
Besides these boys there are several younger boys about the age of six
known as the littluns. Simon, an enlightened and spiritual boy and
Piggy, a scientific thinker, quickly become the counsel for Ralph. Jack and the hunters become increasingly consumed with killing
sows. They even
begin painting their faces and tracking the animals.
All the boys begin to be fearful of a supposed
beast in the jungle.
Their fears are further fueled by the arrival of a dead man with a
parachute that lands on the top of the mountain. The boys begin to see
Jack as a protector and look to him for leadership, some look up to
him, some fear him. Simon, one day while in his hiding place sees the head of a
sow mounted on a stake and becomes delusional. He believes the head is
talking to him. He decides to make his way up the mountain to
investigate the beast. He finds the truth that it is merely a dead man
with a parachute, no beast and proceeds to the
beach to tell the others
who have become complete savages partaking in daily tribal dances and
even torture disobedient members. When he arrives at the beach he tries
to tell the boys the truth but is mobbed and killed. His body is washed
away by the tide. Soon after Jack''s mob grows and includes
nearly every boy on the island except for Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric
and a couple of the littluns. Jack''s tribe raids Ralph''s camp one
night and steals Piggy''s glasses. The next day Ralph
approaches them and ask for the glasses back. They kidnap Sam and Eric,
kill Piggy and injure Ralph. The following day a manhunt ensues and the
tribe chases Ralph with an intent to kill him. Ralph is saved at the
feet of a British military officer on the beach who saw the smoke
signal from his ship. Ralph breaks down in tears over all that has
happened.
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