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  1. A group of English boys stranded on a deserted island elect Ralph as their leader and explore their new environment. They encounter a wild pig, a symbol of their savage instincts, and face the challenge of building a civilization.

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      The Lord of the Flies. The name given to the sow’s head that...

    • Chapter 2

      A summary of Chapter 2 in William Golding's Lord of the...

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      In the midst of a raging war, a plane evacuating a group of...

    • Ralph

      Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 ... Ralph...

    • Piggy

      Piggy is the first boy Ralph encounters on the island after...

  2. CHAPTER ONE: The Sound of the Shell. The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Though he had taken off his...

  3. Need help with Chapter 1 in William Golding's Lord of the Flies? Check out our revolutionary side-by-side summary and analysis.

  4. Learn about the plot and themes of the first chapter of William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies. Find out how Ralph and Piggy meet, how they are rescued from a plane crash, and how they form a group of boys on an island.

  5. In Lord of the Flies, the scar does not heal but festers. The land has been destroyed by humans, but human destructiveness does not stop there. The boys ultimately turn upon one another in a quest to dominate, and the constraints of civilization loosen.

  6. CHAPTER ONE. The Sound of the Shell. The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead.

  7. Lord of the Flies Summary and Analysis of Chapter One: The Sound of the Shell. On a tropical island, a twelve-year-old boy with fair hair is climbing out of plane wreckage (referred to as "the scar") on a beach and towards a lagoon. He faces another child around his age, a fat boy with glasses.