Summarize Chapter 1

In Chapter One we met Ralph as he was climbing over rocks and under trees; he was in a jungle, and it was very hot. He soon met a round, pink, bespectacled boy, who went by the hated nickname of 'Piggy'. Piggy tried to keep up with Ralph as Ralph ran all over the jungle floor, but couldn't on account of his asthma, or 'ass-mar', as Ralph called it. The boys decide that they are on an island, and they don't know when they are going to be rescued. Piggy was sure that everyone was dead, and that they were the only ones left.

As the boys continued exploring the island, they discovered a large pink conch shell in the lagoon. Piggy told Ralph how to blow it in order to make a noise, and when Ralph made the harsh loud note on the shell, children began appearing on the beach with them. We met other boys with names like Johnny and the twins, SamnEric. A group of choir boys came along the beach, with a bossy bully named Jack Merridew as their chapter chorister and head boy. Jack was quite mean to Piggy, calling him names and making fun of him. The boys decided to vote on a chief to lead them, and they vote between Jack and Ralph. Ralph ends up winning, but appoints Jack as Head Hunter, and his choir boys are his hunters.

Later, Jack, Ralph, and another choir boy named Simon went off to explore the rest of the island. They climbed up the highest peak, and saw a coral reef; they saw all the blue flowers and determined that it really was an island that they were stranded on. When they were going back to the beach where everyone was, they ran into a small pig. Jack was determine to kill it, but chickened out and ended up putting his knife away. The pig got away, and Jack felt foolish and embarrassed for not being able to kill it. He decided that next time, he would show no mercy.
End of Chapter One.

Cheers,
Kate