Chapter 1

Chapter Summary
Theres a boy at the lagoon, he finds another boy, who is big, fat, smart, and wears thick glasses. They both introduce themselves, the first boy is named Ralph, the fatter one is named Piggy. When they’re talking we learn that they were on a plane with a bunch of other boys and it crashed somewhere in the jungle. We learn also that there is war going on in this time and Ralphs dad is in the army.

Ralph and Piggy are on the beach, looking for anyone or anything from the plane crash. They find a big pink conch shell, which Piggy knows could be used as a trumpet cause of the sound it makes when you blow into it. He tells Ralph to blow into the shell to signal to anyone one else to come. Boys come from all over the island cause the hear the sound of the shell. The oldest boys in the group are around twelve; the youngest is around six. When they all start talking they learn that theres a choir of boys all dressed in black gowns, the oldest and the leader is Jack. They go to the beach and jack commands the choir. The boys make fun of piggy and his nickname.

The boys elect a leader and its Ralph for the conch idea. To make up for Jack not winning Ralph makes him and the choir boys hunters. The all want to explore the island but Ralph Jack and Simon all looked to see if it even is an island at all. They end up finding a mountain. As they start heading back to the beach with the other boys they find a wild boar tangled in some vines, Jack, being a new hunter takes out his and steps up to try to kill it, he is unable to bring himself to kill it., The pig gets free and runs away. Jack tells them the next time he will kill it without hesitation. They finally after a long while make it to the group of boys awaiting them on the beach for the news.

Vocab
Chorister: Leader of a choir

Bastion: Stronghold or fortification

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