William Golding's Lord Of The Flies

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel about young boys being trapped on an island, and how they behave when they are isolated from society. The story begins after a plane crash a group of schoolboys are left on an island. Two boys on the beach blow a conch shell to gather all of the boys on the island. There are both Choir and school boys on the island. A choir boy named Jack wants to be chief so all of the boys take a vote and Ralph is elected chief, because he blew the conch shell. Jack was put in charge of hunting. Ralph decides to build shelters and keep a fire going so they could be rescued. Jack let the fire go out and a ship sailed past the island. One of the boys mentions a beastie. Simon says that it is the evil inside of