chapter summarys Flashcards
chapter 1 - sound of the shell summary
-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
chapter 2 - fire on the mountain summary
- 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
chapter 3 - huts on the beach summary
- 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
chapter 4 - painted faces and long hair summary
-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
chapter 5 - beast from water summary
- 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)
chapter 6 - beast from air summary
- 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
chapter 7 - shadows and tall trees summary
- 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)
chapter 8 - gift for the darkness summary
- 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
chapter 9 -a view to a death summary
- 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
chapter 10 - shell and the glasses summary
- 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
chapter 11 -castle rock summary
- 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
