My Last Duchess
In the midst of war, a transport plane carrying a group of English boys is shot down, crashing in a thick jungle on a deserted island. Scattered by the wreck, the surviving boys lose each other. One of the older boys, Ralph, meets Piggy, a chubby, intellectual boy, on the beach. They discover a large white conch shell; Piggy realizes that it could be used as a kind of makeshift trumpet, and convinces Ralph to blow it to find the other boys. Summoned by the blast of sound from the shell, boys begin straggling onto the beach. The oldest among them are around twelve; the youngest are only five. Among the group is a boys' choir, dressed in black gowns and led by an older boy named Jack. The boys all taunt Piggy, mocking his appearance and his nickname; Jack snaps at them to stand at attention. The boys decide to elect a leader, and vote for Ralph, though Jack clearly wants the position. To mitigate Jack's ambition, Ralph asks the choir to serve as the hunters for the band of boys, and asks Jack to lead them. Mindful of the need to explore their new environment, the boys choose Ralph, Jack, and a choir member named Simon to explore the island, ignoring Piggy's whining requests to be picked. The trio of explorer
His nose is bleeding, and he staggers toward the mountain in a daze. Angered anew, Ralph lunges toward Jack. CHAPTER 7 AND 8 On their way back from the mountain the boys stop to eat. The boys laugh, delighted and stirred up by Jack's audacity. The group holds a meeting, at which Jack and Ralph tell the others of the sighting. At the same time, the body of the parachutist is blown out into the lagoon, never to be discovered by the other boys. Jack tells the others that there is definitely a beast on the mountain, and claims that Ralph is a coward who should be removed from his leadership role. When Piggy criticizes him, Jack hits him across the face. He stumbles across the sow's head, the Lord of the Flies, now merely a gleaming white skull--as white as the conch shell, he thinks. s leaves the meeting place and climbs up the side of a large hill; they play together and feel a bond emerging between them. The next morning, Ralph and Piggy meet on the beach, awkward and ashamed of their behavior. Simon faints, and when he wakes up he travels to the mountain, where he sees the dead parachutist. Understanding then that the monster does not exist externally, but rather within each individual boy, Simon travels to the beach to tell the others what he has seen. The group hurries to the top of the hill, but it is too late to rekindle the flame, and the ship does not come for them. The group climbs the hill, and Ralph and Jack feel the old bond between them rekindling.
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