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THE LORD OF THE FLIES-PSYCHOLOGICAL FICTION

Summary-William Golding's 1954 novel "Lord of the Flies" tells the story of a group of young boys who got lost on a deserted
Island.Without any rules or control,they became violent and brutal.This fiction tell you how they overcome the situation by
organizing and civilizing each other.
LORD OF THE FLIES OPENS WITH RALPH MEETING PIGGY. THEIR CONVERSATION PROVIDES THE BACKGROUND OF THEIR
SITUATION: IN THE MIDDLE OF A NUCLEAR WAR,A GROUP OF BOYS WERE EVACUATED TO AN UNNAMED
DESTINATION.THEIR PLANE CRASHED AND WAS DRAGGED OUT TO SEA, LEAVING THE BOYS ON AN UNFAMILIAR
ISLAND.THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO SURVIVED FROM THE PLANE CRASH.
 Published by William Golding in 1954

Main Characters-
Simon,Eric,Jack,Piggy,Sam,Roger,Ralph
TOTAL-12 CHAPTERS

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Chapter 1-In chapter one of Lord of the Flies, everyone got pushed into the ocean as a result of a plane
crash and all of them were lucky enough to survive and moreover they got to the nearest island. Piggy and
Ralph meet first, then they call a gathering by using a conch shell to summon anyone else on the island.
They first met a boy named Jack, who has put himself in charge of his choir. Jack wanted to know whether
if they are the only one who survives from the plane crash. So he climb to the biggest hill in the island and
took a look and he finally realized that they are the only one in the island.
 Chapter-2

 As Jack is looking down the hill, he saw Simon and now there are 4 in total of members. When the
explorers return, Ralph sounds the conch shell, summoning the boys to another meeting on the beach.
He tells the group that there are no adults on the island and that they need to organize a few things to
look after themselves.
CHAPTER 3
 Jack becomes obsessed with killing a pig and he still couldn’t kill it after 3 hours. On the beach, Ralph
and Simon are building huts. Ralph is frustrated because only he and Simon are working on the huts,
which are falling apart. He complains to Jack that everyone else is off playing or hunting. Ralph points
out that Jack’s hunters have failed to catch a single pig. Jack claims that although they have so far
failed to bring down a pig, they will soon have more success. Ralph also worries about the smaller
children, many of whom have nightmares and are unable to sleep. He tells Jack about his concerns, but
Jack, still trying to think of ways to kill a pig, is not interested in Ralph’s problems.
CHAPTER-4
Jack chooses to hunt over tending fire. His choice has devastating consequences: a ship and the prospect of
rescue pass. Jack has decided that rescue (civilization) is not as important to him as hunting (savagery),
while Ralph has clearly taken the other side. As the tension between Ralph and Jack increases, we can see
more obvious signs of a potential struggle for power. Although Jack has been deeply envious of Ralph’s
power from the moment Ralph was elected, the two do not come into open conflict until this chapter, when
Jack’s irresponsibility leads to the failure of the signal fire.
CHAPTER-5(MAIN PLOT)
 Ralph is frustrated with his hair, which is now long, mangy, and always manages to fall in front of his
eyes. He decides to call a meeting to attempt to bring the group back into line. Late in the evening, he
blows the conch shell, and the boys gather on the beach. At the meeting place, Ralph grips the conch
shell and berates the boys for their failure to uphold the group’s rules. They have not done anything
required of them: they refuse to work at building shelters, they do not gather drinking water, they
neglect the signal fire, and they do not even use the designated toilet area.
 Human being must have rules authority and government in order to maintain safe environment. The
author also prefer ethical nature as you can see in the 1 st and 2nd chapter.

Lord of the Flies refers to Beelzebub, another name for the devil.He is
also called the Lord of Filth and Dung.