Golding      1-31     The Shell

• plane crashed onto an island
• two boys named Ralph and Piggy discover each other
• they find a conch shell
• Piggy convinces Ralph to blow on the shell kind of like an instrument, and it brings more boys to them
• Ralph is elected leader
• Jack fails to kill the pig that he went after  

Golding    32-47    Starting the Fire

• they realize that there are no adults on the island
• conch shell determines who has the right to speak
• younger boy claims he saw a snakelike "beastie"
• Ralph decides in order to be rescued, they must build a fire so someone will see the smoke
• they start the fire with Piggy's glasses
• they end up catching nearly half of the island on fire
• young boy who talked about the snake was missing

Golding     48-57    Jack and Ralph's Problems

• Ralph is worried about getting shelter built for them but no one will help him except Simon
• Jack is too worried about killing a pig 
• they try to work it out by swimming in the lagoon together but they still are not too fond of one another
• Simon goes on an adventure to explore nature

Golding     58-75     Killing the Pig

• Roger and Maurice are being mean to the boys
• Jack camouflages his face with clay and charcoal in order to hunt
• Ralph and Piggy spot a ship, but the hunters have let the fire go out so they can not be rescued
• Jack slaps and breaks Piggy's glasses for scolding him about letting the fire go out
• Jack owns up to what he has done and Ralph calls a meeting among the boys

Golding     76-94    The Beast

• Ralph recognizes all of the things that the boys are not doing
• the boys do not want to admit that they are scared of the beast
• beast might be from the ocean
• Ralph feels like he is losing his authority as leader

Golding    95-108   The Second Beast

• dead parachutist drifts down from the sky onto the island
• he creates a shadow which makes the boys think that it is the beast
• Ralph and Jack start to rekindle their friendship

Golding      109-123    Ralph's First Hunt

• Jack takes Ralph on a hunt to kill a boar, which Ralph stabs with a spear  
• the boar got away and they pretend to play a game with Robert, nearly killing him
• Jack claimed to see the beast when they went hunting up the moutain at night

Golding   124-144    Jack's Leaving

• Jack tries to turn everyone against Ralph, but fails and eventually breaks off from the group to be by himself
• some boys sneak off during the night to join Jack's group
• Jack's group kill a pig and put the head on the stick, offering it to the beast
• Jack's tribe raids the beach where Piggy and Ralph are
• Simon comes in contact with the pig's head on a stick, or "Lord of the Flies" it tells him that they will never be rescued

Golding    145-154   Simon's Struggle

• Simon realizes that the "beast" the boys claimed to see is actually the dead parachutist and starts to vomit
• Simon goes to where Jack's tribe is
• They are all dancing when they see Simon as a dark shadow and go after him
• Simon is dead

Golding     155-168    Ralph's Camp

• Ralph and Piggy feel terrible about the death of Simon
• Jack has gotten carried away being the chief and he ties up and beats Wilfred for no reason
• Jack wants to steal the fire again from Ralph
• Ralph and Piggy are attacked by Jack's tribe
• Jack's tribe takes Piggy's glasses so they can start a fire of their own

Golding   169-182    Piggy's Death

• Ralph and the few boys left with him decide to go to the Castle Rock to get Piggy's glasses back from Jack and his tribe
• Jack attacks Ralph and they had a fight
• The tribe ties Sam and Eric up to get them on their side
• Roger sends a huge rock down the side of the moutain and takes Piggy and the conch out
• Piggy dies and Ralph is left by himself

Golding    183-202   Being Rescued

• Ralph knocks over the "Lord of the Flies" and gets the stick that the pig's head was on to use as a weapon
• Ralph tries to hide but Jack sets the forest on fire to get Ralph to come out
• He was chased by the tribe onto the beach where he ran into a naval officer
• Everyone starts crying, happy that they are finally rescued