Lord Of The Flies

Piggy's Journal

In the midst of a nuclear war, a group of boys was being evacuated to an unnamed place. Their plane crashed and was dragged out to sea, leaving the boys stranded on an unknown island. Because of the atom bomb’s devastation, it’s likely that no one knows where the boys are. Ralph is delighted to be on a tropical island without adults, but Piggy is less pleased. The two boys make their way out of the jungle and onto the beach. Ralph doesn't really like Piggy and does not introduce himself when Piggy asks Ralph his name. Piggy hopes that the boys on this island won’t call him Piggy like they did back home. On the beach, Ralph investigates a large platform of pink granite overlooking a long pool that had formed in the beach. After demonstrating his swimming skills, Ralph spies a conch, which Piggy says is a shell that can be blown as a trumpet. Piggy urges Ralph to blow into the shell, using it to summon any other survivors to the beach. Soon boys between ages 6 and 12 come out of the jungle onto the beach, assembling on the platform near Ralph. Last to come out was Jack and the choirboys. Beside the tropical heat, the boys from the choir still wear their black caps and long black cloaks and are clearly overheated when they reach the platform.