Lord Of The Flies Chapter Summary

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Fire resting on a tree with burning leaves spreading all throughout the island has grown to become unmanageable. As the trees spread, Ralph is panting with fear. He is as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Ralph is hastening with the flaming hot, scorching trees trying to abroad from the savage boys looking to swim in his blood and eventually reaches up to tepid, smooth trees as he catches his breathe. Ralph was simultaneously breathing with trepidation looking to detect if any boys were approaching his way or if he heard any ululation.
Ralph wipes the sweat from his forehead with reassurance, “They must have gone onto the other side of the island.”
Mercifully, he did not and Ralph took a moment to ponder what he
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After many strides, Ralph notices an entry way with undersized amounts of trees. As Ralph sprints closer to the aperture he listens to hear water flowing and splashing up against a surface that seems to smell smalty. He rapidly apprehends that he is heading towards the beach and seconds after, he sees a diminutive battleship grey colored boat in the water and a young man standing on the beach carefully observing his surroundings.
Ralph enters the beach and walks slowly up to the man wearing a white suit and a blue and white hat. The man asks Ralph if there is other people on the island. Ralph freezes for a moment and ruminates about what the boys did to each other and to themselves and the total loss of innocence and civilization on the island.
Ralph simply replys and stares at the officer with a straight face, “No sir, it’s just me. There was two others, but they died.”
The officer turns back at the boat with mortification and then back to Ralph. The Naval officer grabs his hat off his chest and puts it on his heart, then puts it back on suitably and directs Ralph on board. The boat commenced to move farther and farther from the island and as it gets smaller in the distance, Ralph looks back onto the island and sees the island melting in culpability. The savages were left on the evanese island and now have a floating spirit that will haunt Ralph’s body

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