The story begins with two boys, Ralph and Piggy, coming out onto
the beach from the dense jungle where they have met. The reader
realizes from their conversation that they are on an island although
they are yet to confirm it. They belong to a group of boys who
were being flown to some unknown destination, but their plane has
crashed. The pilot of the plane is missing, and there seems to be no
grown-ups on the island.
Ralph and Piggy wonder where the other boys could be. They find
a conch shell and blow on it, sending out a loud and blaring sound.
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