Chapter Summaries Flashcards
Summarize Chapter 1
School boys have crashed on a deserted land. The reader meets Ralph and Piggy.Piggy has asthma. They find a conch and use it to summon any survivors. Jack enters with his choir including Samneric Rodger and Simon.
Summarize Chapter 2
The boys focus on Short term pleasure and fun. Ralph suggests building a fire to be rescued. Jack wants to hunt. A boy with a birthmark tells of ‘the beast.’ He goes missing after the fire and the boys are ashamed.
Summarize Chapter 3
Ralph wants to build shelters but only Simon helps whilst the other others play and Jack hunts. the fire has been allowed to go out. Simon slips away to meditate.
Summarize Chapter 4
Island life gets a rhythm. Mornings are pleasant because its cool but the evening is not because people worry about the beast. A boat goes past but there is no fire to attract it. Piggy suggest to make a sundial but is laughed at. Jack paints his face and hunts and kills a pig chanting ‘Kill the pig, Cut her throat, Spill her blood.”Ralph walks away
Summarize Chapter 5
Ralph calls a meeting to get people to follow the rules, but he and Jack are more apart than ever. There is talk of the beast, a littlelun suggesting it comes from the ocean at night. Jack wants to hunt and wont listen to the rules of the conch. Ralph wishes for the adults.
Summarize Chapter 6
A dead parachutist floats on to the Island. No one sees because the fire is out. When they awake, SamnEric light the fire and see him but they think it is a beast. Jack finds a rock and some boulders.
Summarize Chapter 7
Jack and Ralph continue to clash as they search for the beast. Ralph kills a boar and is flushed with excitement.
Robert is almost killed in the reenactment. Later they head up the mountain and see the beast and are terrified.
Summarize Chapter 8
Jack declares himself chief of his own group. Simon meditates alone and leans what the beast is. Piggy tries to cheer Ralph up with talk of a new fire. The savages dance around as they kill a sow with Roger being very brutal.
Summarize Chapter 9
A storm comes and they have no shelter. Simon emerges from the forest and is killed by the other boys who think he is the beast. Ralph acts like a king.
Summarize Chapter 10
Jack’s gang have moved to castle rock. Ralph, Piggy and SamnEric remain but cant keep the fire going alone. Jack steals Piggy’s glasses whilst the others protect the conch.
Summarize Chapter 11
The boys go to castle rock to confront Jack. Piggy is killed by a boulder pushed by Roger. Jack attempts to kill Ralph with a spear. He flees. Jack’s group torture SamnEric to join them.
Summarize Chapter 12
SamnEric are tortured into revealing Ralph’s hiding place. Jack vows to burn down the forest to find him. The smoke attracts a boat. The officer finds the boys and asks if they are playing at war. All of the boys cry whilst the officer looks back at his ship.
