The story begins with two boys, Ralph and Piggy, coming out onto the beach from the dense jungle where they have met. The reader realizes from their conversation that they are on an island although they are yet to confirm it. They belong to a group of boys who were being flown to some unknown destination, but their plane has crashed. The pilot of the plane is missing, and there seems to be no grown-ups …showed first 75 words of 443 total…

…showed last 75 words of 443 total…Jack draws his knife, ready to kill the pig, but he stops. He is obviously a civilized boy with no stomach for the blood letting. The pig takes advantage of the moment and runs away. Jack excuses himself by saying that he was choosing the right place to stab it and that the next time he would definitely kill. The boys come out of the jungle and move towards the boys waiting on the beach.