Lord of the Flies : Summary

Summary

The complete summary of this novel is easily discussed in just ten stages.

How Did the Boys Get Stuck on This Island? After World War II, some school students in England are stranded on an island. There was no one with them. Since it was during World War II, these children shipwrecked and took refuge on this island.

Ralph’s Election as Team Leader: Then Ralph and Piggy get together and find a conch shell. Ralph plays this conch. Hearing the sound of this conch shell, all the children around come together. They realize they are stranded on this island. That’s why they will work together to survive on this island. So for that, a team leader is needed to lead. Ralph was the biggest, strongest and bravest of them all. So everyone chose Ralph as their team leader. But Jack wanted everyone to make him the team leader.

Anyway, after becoming the team leader, Ralph makes Jack head of the hunting team. That is, their job will be to hunt. He then introduced a few rules,

• If one wants to say something, he must have a conch.
• Jack and his team members will hunt.
• Everyone will live here peacefully.

Island Fires and the Emergence of Beast Then one of them said that he saw a beast in the forest. But Ralph doesn’t believe him. So now Ralph started looking for a way out of this forest. Ralph tells everyone to go to the top of the mountain and start a fire. So if any ship passes this way, they will see this smoke and come to rescue them. So to light this fire Piggy’s glasses are taken and the fire is lit. They lit a fire at the top of the mountain. And this fire is entrusted to Sam and Eric. But accidentally the entire forest caught fire. And the boy who said he saw the Beast here, where he lost in this fire. He was never found again.

This makes Ralph very angry. Because it happened due to the negligence of others. Time was passing like this. But except for Ralph, the others were laughing and playing. Meanwhile, a ship passes by. But the fire had gone out, and no one cared. Ralph was very angry at the thought that he was building a house to live in alone, but no one was helping him. Only a few were helping him. Jack, meanwhile, was making fun of Piggy whenever he got the chance. Because Piggy was very fat. Although Piggy was smart, he had no fighting ability.

Ralph’s Conflict with Jack: In the meantime, Ralph and Jack were arguing about various issues. So Ralph got everyone together to make things right. But everyone was pretty indifferent. No one cared. So this meeting collapsed. Everyone was talking about that beast. That night, fighting began over the island with the help of fighter jets. So a man parachuted to the top of the island, where the boys had lit a signal fire. The man died there. So some boys think this man is a beast and run away from there. They come to Ralph and Jack and tell them they saw the Beast. But Ralph and Jack go to that place to show their courage. But they see nothing. Then they come back and say there is nothing there. So in the morning Ralph and Jack had a conflict about some things. Jack then tells Ralph, you leave the leadership, you are not qualified to be a team leader. But the boys elect Ralph as their team leader again.

Creating Jack’s Separate Hunting Party: So Jack angrily left the group. A few boys also left the party with him. So this time there are two groups of boys on this island. One is Ralph’s group, the other is Jack’s group. So now Jack has become a seasoned hunter. Jack and his team members paint their faces like jungles and hunt a boar. After killing the pig, its head is cut off and placed on top of a stick. Simon is tasked with seeing and hearing its head. Many flies came and buzzed around this prickly pig’s head.

The Events of Lord of The Flies: So now Simon comes to this pig’s severed head and calls it Lord of the Flies. Simon sees from his imagination that the pig’s severed head is talking to him. The head says the beast is nowhere but hidden in your heart.

Unravelling the Mystery of The Beast: Then Simon ascended to the top of the hill, where the fire was lit. He finds a dead man stuck in a parachute. And this person they were afraid of as the Beast. So he thought the truth should be told to everyone. That’s why when he came down from the mountain, Jack and his boys killed him thinking that he was a beast. Ralph and Piggy suffered a lot in this matter.

Killing Piggy: Meanwhile, Jack and his gang steal Piggy’s glasses to light the fire. So Ralph and Piggy go to get the glasses. But as they get there, Jack’s gang catches them and Roger kills Piggy by throwing a rock at his head. And their conch is also broken.

Attempted Murder of Ralph: Seeing such predatory and cruel behavior of the boys of Jack’s group, Ralph began to flee from there into the forest in fear. Because he can also be killed. And that’s exactly what happens. Jack and his boys set fire to the entire forest to find Ralph. The fire spread to the entire forest.

British Navy Officers Arrive and Rescue Everyone: Just at this time, a British Navy ship was passing that way. So they turned the ship towards this island and near the island a naval officer got off the ship. At that time Ralph ran to the Navy officer. The boys who were chasing Ralph stopped when they saw the navy officer. Ralph started crying when he saw the navy officer. The rest of the boys, including Jack, begin to cry. The officer then felt a bit uncomfortable and looked towards the ship. Then when he asked to know everything, he was told everything. After that, everyone boarded the ship and headed towards the destination.

Central Message: Here the natural tendency of human beings is very well presented. If people are not disciplined, then it is natural that they will be involved in bad deeds. That is, humans are like animals. The saying of Young Goodman Brown’s story is correct here, Evil is the tendency of Mankind.