The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a book about a group of boys whos plane crashes into the sea. After the plane crash the boys find them selves stranded on an island with no adults... and no rules. Ralph and Jack are the two boys who try to lead the group. Ralph is ultimately voted cheif but Jack is still on his quest for power. The boys are smart and build signal fires for planes and boats. The boys also set up a form of order using a shell to detrimine who can talk. They have hinters for food and it seems as though that they will be fine. But one day Jack takes his group of boys to go and hunt instead of tending to the fire. The fire goes out and a plane passes by and does not see them. This makes Ralph furious and he goes into an outrage. But they did kill a pig so Ralph could not be too sad for too long. But this act of anger towards Jack angers him. Since the begging of the book there was a supposed beast the roams aroud the island. One fateful night when the boys were having a party they mistaked Simon, another boy, for the beast and kill him. This is a tragic part of the book. On jacks quest for power he gets a large group of the big boys and forms his own group. His tribe raids Ralph and steals Piggys glasses. Piggy is a loyal follower and good friend of Ralph's. Piggys glasses are the only source of fire on the island. Ralph and Piggy go to Jacks camp to try to reason with them. When talking Piggy is killed by Roger and the shell is destroyed. This represents the boys fall to savagery as they are now willing to kill. The boys are then recused shortly after.