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Lord Of The Flies is a book about English boys stranded on an island. At the beginning of the book its just Piggy and Ralph and the reader is unsure of what has happened. After a few pages into the story Piggy and Ralph have a conversation and you find out why they are there, on a deserted island.
What happened was that they were sent away, by their parents, to keep them safe and away from the world war that was being fought in Europe. The boys who were being sent away where traveling on a plane and that plane crashed and they ended up on the island.
Ralph and Piggy think that there are other boys on the island and decide to try and find them. Ralph finds a conch shell and calls the other boys to were they are. After being on the island for a week or so everything starts to get chaotic. Through out the story problems arise, sides are taken and basically everything they knew as "normal" before has completely crumbled.
At the end of the book Simon is killed by the other boys on the island while they are chanting and dancing around him; Piggy is also killed the conch is crushed and this all symbolizes the end of order and civilization.
Hope YOU Enjoy!!!!!!!!!
What happened was that they were sent away, by their parents, to keep them safe and away from the world war that was being fought in Europe. The boys who were being sent away where traveling on a plane and that plane crashed and they ended up on the island.
Ralph and Piggy think that there are other boys on the island and decide to try and find them. Ralph finds a conch shell and calls the other boys to were they are. After being on the island for a week or so everything starts to get chaotic. Through out the story problems arise, sides are taken and basically everything they knew as "normal" before has completely crumbled.
At the end of the book Simon is killed by the other boys on the island while they are chanting and dancing around him; Piggy is also killed the conch is crushed and this all symbolizes the end of order and civilization.
Hope YOU Enjoy!!!!!!!!!