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chapter 1 - sound of the shell summary

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-Plain crashes, Ralph and Piggy meet, find conch, blow it, survivors come, Jack and choir are last
- Already Jack and others mock Piggy
- Ralph gets picked as leader over Jack
- Choir and Jack go to explore Island, grow closer
- Jack can’t kill pig but swear will next time

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chapter 2 - fire on the mountain summary

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  • Ralph declares there will be hunters and that whoever has the conch will speak and everyone else is silent
  • First mention of the beast from the boy with the mulberry gave birth mark (snake)
  • Ralph tells boys to make a signal fire
  • Fire spreads and lights island trees on fire
  • Boy with mulberry tattoo disappears
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chapter 3 - huts on the beach summary

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  • Ralph and Simon work on huts that keep falling cause no other boys help
  • Mention of the younger boys nightmares and fears of beast
  • Jacks obsession with hunting is mentioned
  • Ralph and Jack begin disagreeing and start of their rivalry
  • Simon finds his little jungle glade
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chapter 4 - painted faces and long hair summary

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-the younger boys nightmares get worse
- The younger boys and older boys lives are separated and some of the older torment them (roger, Maurice, sand castle)
- Roger tosses stones at people
- Ralph and piggy see ship but Jack and his hunters let the signal fire out
- Hunters catch a pig
- Jack slaps piggy and breaks glasses
- Jack and Ralph’s rivalry grows

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chapter 5 - beast from water summary

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  • Ralph calls a meeting
  • At the meeting he tries to get all the boys in line again and sooth fears of beast
  • Younger boys still scared of beast, per avail mentions might come out ocean
  • Jack declares he and hunters will kill it, many boys follow (Ralph, Simon and piggy are left)
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chapter 6 - beast from air summary

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  • fighter planes and explosions in the sky
  • Sam and Eric let fire out
  • Dead parachutist falls from sky and they confuse it as the beast
  • Ralph calls meeting where Sam and Eric talk about the beast, start expedition (no piggy or littluns)
  • Jacks leads search party to area never seen
  • Boys annoyed with Ralph cause they wanna play but he says no
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chapter 7 - shadows and tall trees summary

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  • Boys are on the mountain eating and Ralph is upset, Simon reassures he will make it home
  • Ralph’s first hunt and he likes the feeling
  • Start playing hunting game with Robert, almost kill him
  • Simon goes to tell piggy and kids they will be back tomorrow
  • Jack challenges Ralph to go up mountain at night, roger joins, see beast (dead parachute guy)
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chapter 8 - gift for the darkness summary

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  • Jack blows conch to call meeting about beast, calls Ralph coward but boys won’t vote him out
  • Jack storms away, at night some boys sneak off to join
  • Make new signal fire on the beach
  • Jack makes himself chief of new tribe, hunt, Ralph shoves stick up sows butt, leave head as beast offering
  • Jack and tribe steal fire
  • Simon sees lord of the flies and faints
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chapter 9 -a view to a death summary

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  • Siman wakes, has nose bleed, discovers the beast is just parachutist, goes to tell boys this at jacks feast
  • Ralph + piggy go to feast to try to make peace, jack is painted like savage, boys wait on him, more boys join
  • Boys chant and dance to get rid of rain, Piggy and Ralph join on side
  • Simon comes out of forest, boys don’t recognize him, kill him, body washed away by sea
  • Dead parachutist falls onto beach from mountain
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chapter 10 - shell and the glasses summary

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  • Ralph and piggy realize they took part in simons murder
  • Only Ralph, piggy, some littluns and SameandEric left
  • Jack rules in Castle Rock, beats people for no reason, warns them of Ralph, believe Simon was beast still
  • Even older boys have nightmares and Ralphs camp
  • Jack and tribe attack Ralph and his group, steal Piggys glasses
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chapter 11 -castle rock summary

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  • Ralph, piggy, Sam and Eric go to castle rock to try to talk sense into Jack, get glasses back
  • Boys throw stones at them, Jack refuses to give glasses and lunges at Ralph
  • Jack orders hunters to capture Sam and Eric
  • Ralph lunges this time and they fight again
  • Roger pushes massive rock that kills piggy and destroys conch, Jack and tribe start throwing spears at Ralph who flees
  • Jack and tirbe torture Sam and Eric into submission
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