A bunch of boys were flying over an island when their plane was shot down. The island is populated with many trees and fruits, and it looks like a paradise.Two boys Ralph and Piggy emerge from the wreckage and they find a conch, which they use to call tghe other boys by blowing into it. Here is the first meeting of the island and Ralph is elected the leader of the boys.

	Ralph and a few other boys climb up the mountain to explore. Ralph makes the decision that if the boys are to be rescued off the island, then they would need a fire for smoke signals. He decided the fire should be built on the mountain since it is the highest point on the island. All the boys build the fire with too much excitement and a littlun with a scar on his face, gets caught in the fire and is burned to death. 

	Several weeks later, the boys decide to build shelters. The first shelter that was built everyone helped out, but the other two everyone got bored and left, so only Ralph and Simon were making them. Ralph calls a meeting to talk about rules and teamwork. One of the boys called Jack decided to make a pig hunting group, since the boys wouldnt be able to live off fruit and they needed meat.

	The hunters kill their first pig, and they have a chant to go along with the killing. They eat the pig,  while celebrating it's death. This whole time the hunters were supposed to be watching the fire, and the fire went out as a ship came by. Ralph was extremely angry with the hunters because of the fact that it was their fault the boys weren't rescued. Jack's only excuse was that they needed meat.

	Many littluns have been crying at night, so Ralph called a meeting to see what was wrong. The littluns talk about a beast, and how during the night it comes out of the water. All the bigguns especially Simon believe that it is only the imagination's of the littluns.

	An already dead parachutist floats onto the island one day, and none of the boys see him. Meanwhile the hunters go to the pig-run to hunt. They capture a huge pig, and they do their ceremonial chant and dance. In which a boy Robert plays the part of the pig. He gets hurt a little because the boys are too violent in their reenactment.

	 One night the fire went out and some boys, including Ralph went up to take a look. Samneric were supposed to be watching the fire but they stopped. They boys saw a big moving shadow on the mountain which they thought was the beast, even though it was only the man's parachute. Now all the boys believe there really is a beast, including Jack and Ralph. But Simon is still unsure. The boys are now scared to build the fire, so Piggy suggests they move it. All the boys agree.

	Jack goes off and makes a new tribe with a couple of followers and his hunters. While hunting jack kills a big sow, and he puts the head on a stick as an offering for the beast. This pig's head is right near a spot where Simon likes to hide from the other boys. Simon begins to hear voices in his head, and he associates it with the pig talking to him. The pig is also known as the Lord of the Flies.

	Jack holds a party and a feast, and he invites Ralph's tribe for the fun. Meanwhile Simon is in his hiding spot, and he decides to go to the mountain to see if there really is a beast, he discovers it is only a parachutist, and he rushes to the feast to tell the other boys. But when Simon comes out of the trees, the boys are in the middle of their pig dance, and Simon is mistaken for the real beast. Simon is killed by the boys on accident.

	Now the only boys in Ralph's tribe were Samneric, and Piggy and Ralph himself. In the middle of the night Piggy's glasses are stolen from him and brought to Jack. The next day Piggy and Ralph and Samneric go to Jack's tribe at Castle Rock to try and get them back. Jack ties Ralph and Piggy and the twins up. Jack and Ralph get into an argument, and Roger, a mean evil boy, pulls a stick to make a giant boulder fall across the tied up boys. Everyone escaped in time except for Piggy, who was thrown off the cliff by the boulder and killed from the fall. The conch is also smashed into pieces by the rock.

	Samneric are forced to join Jack's tribe. Roger "sharpens a stick at both ends" for Ralph. He orders the hunters to kill Jack. The jungle was being burned to look for Ralph, when the fire of the jungle is seen by a ship, which comes and finally rescues the boys.