Lord of the Flies

Chapter One:

1. Ralph: He is out-spoken and dominant like.
   Piggy: Short and fat and has poor self-esteem.
2. They discover a conch shell, and they use it to call in all the other boys
3. Ralph is the elected leader
4. Jack and his choir boys become the hunters for the group
5. Jack proceeds to kill it but the piglet escapes. From this event, Jack vows to be successful in his next hunt.
6. Ralph has a lot more power in his word, while Piggy carries weakness in what he says

Chapter Two:

1. Ralph declares that, at meetings, the conch shell will be used to determine which boy has the right to speak
2. One of the younger children claims that he saw a snakelike “beastie” or monster the night before. A wave of fear ripples through the group at the idea that a monster might be prowling the island.
3. Ralph proposes that the group build a large signal fire on top of the island's central mountain, so that any passing ships might see the fire and know that people is trapped on the island
4. Piggy angrily declares that the boys need to act more proficiently if they want to get off the island
5. Jack volunteers his group of hunters to be responsible for keeping the signal fire going
6. We learn that Piggy is smart and has great ideas but no one listens to him

Chapter Three:

1. Carrying a stick sharpened into a makeshift spear, Jack trails a pig through the thick jungle, but it evades him
2. Simon is the only one helping Ralph
3. They have an argument over what's more important hunting or making huts
4. He is so intent on hunting, because he feels like he has to succeed and prove himself
5. They are becoming more scared of the beastie
6. That he is religious

Chapter Four:

1. The littluns spend most of the day searching for fruit to eat, and since they choose it indiscriminately they suffer from chronic diarrhea
2. Two older boys, Roger and Maurice, come out of the forest for a swim and, expressing their superiority over the littluns, begin to kick down the sand castles on the shore
3. Roger picks up a stone to throw at Henry but deliberately misses him when he throws it, recalling the taboos of earlier life
4. Jack believes that the animals see him, so he wants to find some way to camouflage himself. Jack rubs his face with charcoal.
5. The idea that Piggy is an outsider is generally accepted
6. It doesn't notice anyone because the fire has burned out
7. Jack and the hunters return covered in paint and humming a bizarre war chant. Ralph sees that the hunt has finally been successful: they are carrying a dead pig on a stick.
8. Jack eventually does apologize about the fire, but Ralph resents Jack's misbehavior
9. The two argue, and finally Jack punches Piggy in the stomach. Piggy's glasses fly off, and one of the lenses breaks on the rocks.

Chapter 5:

1. He begins the assembly seriously, telling them that they are there not for making jokes or for cleverness. He reminds them that everyone built the first shelter, which is the most sturdy, while the third one, built only by Simon and Ralph, is unstable.
2. Ralph comes to realization that he can make decisions but he lacks Piggy's natural intellectual ability
3. He chides them for breaking the rules and becoming de-civilized
4. They all become very terrified and refuse to do anything
5. He claims he was walking in the jungle at night and he saw something move and there is a possibility of a monster, this causes Jack to finally say they'll go hunt for the monster
6. Jack says “who cares” to Ralph's statement that the rules are diminishing showing a power struggle

Chapter 6:

1. A dead pilot lands on the top of the mountain
2. They believe it was the beast
3. Jack believes they no longer need the conch to speak one at a time
4. Ralph accuses Jack of not leading them to be rescued and Jack takes a swing at him. Yet Ralph still allows him to go on the hunt.
5. Simon, wanting to prove that he is accepted, travels with Ralph, who wishes only for solitude
6. So Ralph can come together with Jack and also explore new areas of the island
7. They lose focus of their mission and fool around and then claim to be building a fort

Chapter 7:

1. Ralph appears to lose hope, Simon reassures him that they will leave the island eventually. Ralph is somewhat doubtful, but Simon replies that his thoughts are simply opinions
2. Jack suggests that they hunt the pig in addition to continuing their search for the beast. A boar appears, and the boys set out in pursuit of it. Ralph, who has never hunted before, is excited by the chase and quickly gets caught up in the adventure. He throws his spear at a boar.
3. Ralph is encouraged by what he considers his good marksmanship
4. Roger and Jack talk about the chanting, and Jack says that someone should dress up as a pig and pretend to knock him over. When Robert says that Jack should get a real pig that he can actually kill, Jack replies that they could just use a littlun.
5. Sensing hostility from Jack, Ralph asks him why he hates him. Jack has no answer.
6. Jack and Ralph see a rock-like hump and something like a great ape sitting asleep with its head between its knees. As soon as they see it, the boys run off, terrified.

Chapter 8:

1. Ralph to tell everyone about the Beast
2. Jack asks the boys if they want Ralph to be fired as chief. When nobody agrees with him, Jack runs off in tears. He asserts that he is no longer going to be part of Ralph's lot. Jack leaves the group on the beach
3. Simon suggests that they climb the mountain. Piggy says that if they climb the mountain they can start the fire again, but he then suggests that they start a fire down by the beach.
4. Piggy organizes the new fire area by the beach
5. They believe they can do well off without Jack, but some are skeptical
6. Far off along the beach, Jack proclaims that he will be chief of the hunters and that they must forget about the beast. He says that they might go later to the castle rock, but now they will kill a pig and have a feast to celebrate their independence.
7. They cut off the pig's head and leave it on a stick as a gift for the beast at the mountaintop
8. They cut off the pig's head and leave it on a stick as a gift for the beast at the mountaintop. It is called Lord of the Flies for the flies that surround the pig's head.