The Lord of the Flies tells the story of a group of boys who are left stranded on a tropical island when their plane is shot down. The story starts off with two boys, Ralph and Piggy. They meet each other on the island. Later they find a conch shell. In order to make contact, they take turns blowing into it, and many other boys who've survived their plane crash show up. Their first meeting is held at the lagoon and the boys elect Ralph as "chief". Eventually, there are problems within the group, mainly between Ralph, who is the mature leader with high morals, and Jack, the villain who represents cruelty and anarchy.
             Ralph wants to build shelter, and keep a large fire burning on the mountain in order to alert ships of their dilemma. Jack becomes obsessed with hunting pigs and a creature that they've seen and call "the beast". He eventually leaves the group and most of the boys follow him, except for Ralph, Piggy, a boy named Simon, and twins named Sam and Eric. Jack declares himself the leader of the new tribe, and organizes a violent slaughtering of a pig to celebrate. They behead the pig and then place its head on a stake in the jungle as an offering to the beast. Soon after encountering the bloody, fly-covered head, Simon has a vision, during which the head is speaking to him. A voice tells him that he will never escape because he "exists within all men". Simon faints and when he wakes up, he goes to the mountain, where he sees "the beast" which is actually a dead parachutist and his parachute.
             Realizing that the monster never existed, Simon heads to the beach to tell the others what he has seen. However, the boys are having a party. Even Ralph and Piggy have joined the feast. When they see Simon's figure emerge from the jungle, they mistake him for the beast and beat him to death. The next morning, Jack's tribe kidnaps the twins and attack Ralph and Piggy. A boy named Rog...