Lord of the Flies

Boys survive a plane crash on a deserted island. Ralph finds a conch, blows it to gather survivors, and is elected chief over Jack. The three older boys explore and confirm they are alone — and for one moment, are simply boys.

Ralph establishes the signal fire as the primary survival strategy. Jack takes charge of maintaining it. A littlun raises the first mention of a beast. The fire gets out of control and burns part of the forest — and the littlun who first mentioned the beast is never seen again.

Jack hunts alone in the jungle while Ralph and Simon struggle to build shelters. Jack and Ralph argue — their visions for survival are incompatible. Simon slips away to his secret clearing, a place of strange beauty.

Jack's choir adopts face paint, killing their first pig. When a ship passes and the signal fire has gone out, Ralph confronts Jack in fury. Jack breaks Piggy's glasses. The first pig feast begins.

Ralph calls a serious assembly to address deteriorating order. Fear of the beast is discussed rationally then emotionally. Simon tries to say the beast is themselves. The meeting collapses into chaos. The littluns scatter.

A dead parachutist drifts down from a battle above the island and is mistaken for the beast by Sam and Eric. The boys go to hunt the beast. Jack discovers Castle Rock. Ralph considers abandoning the mountain and the fire.

Ralph hunts with the group for the first time and feels the exhilaration of violence. They perform a re-enactment hunt using Robert as the pig — 'accidentally' hurting him. At night, Ralph, Jack, and Roger climb the mountain and find the dead parachutist.

Jack calls a vote to remove Ralph as chief — and fails. He leaves the group and forms his own tribe at Castle Rock. Simon goes to his clearing and encounters the Lord of the Flies — a pig's head on a stick — which speaks his darkest thoughts back to him.

Simon climbs the mountain and discovers the dead parachutist — the 'beast.' He struggles down to the beach to tell the others. The tribe is in a ritual dance. In a frenzy, they kill Simon, mistaking him for the beast. His body drifts out to sea.

Ralph and Piggy try to process Simon's death. Both are in denial. Jack's tribe raids the camp in the night and steals Piggy's glasses. Piggy cannot see at all. The conch is all Ralph has left.

Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric confront Jack at Castle Rock to demand the glasses back. Roger tortures Sam and Eric. Piggy holds the conch and appeals to civilization. Roger levers a boulder. The conch is shattered. Piggy is killed.

Ralph is hunted across the island. Jack's tribe sets the jungle on fire to flush him out. Ralph bursts onto the beach and finds a British naval officer. The officer is disappointed. All the boys begin to weep. The officer looks away at his warship.