
At the meeting, one young boy claims he saw a " beastie" in the jungle, but Ralph dismisses it as just the product of a nightmare. The first rule is that whoever wants to speak at an assembly must hold the conch. Soon after, Ralph, Jack, and another boy named Simon explore the island and discover wild pigs.Īt a second assembly, the boys set up rules to govern themselves. Ralph wins the election, and declares Jack the leader of the group's hunters. At the assembly, a boy named Jack mocks Piggy for being fat and runs against Ralph to become chief of the group.


Ralph blows into it like a horn, and all the boys on the island assemble. Two of the boys, Ralph and Piggy find a conch shell. A group of English schoolboys are marooned on a jungle island with no adults after their plane is shot down in the middle of a war.
