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The Lord Of The Flies: A Short Story
A reasonable haired kid drops himself down a few rocks toward a tidal pond on a shoreline. At the tidal pond, he experiences another kid, who is plump, savvy, and wears thick glasses. The reasonable haired kid presents himself as Ralph and the tubby one presents himself as Piggy. Through their discussion, we discover that amidst a war, a vehicle plane conveying a gathering of English young men was shot down over the sea. It slammed in thick wilderness on a forsook island. Scattered by the disaster area, the surviving young men lost each other and can't discover the pilot.

Ralph and Piggy check out the shoreline, pondering what has happened to alternate young men from the plane. They find a vast pink and cream-hued conch shell, which Piggy acknowledges could be utilized as a sort of temporary trumpet. He persuades Ralph to blow through the shell to locate alternate young men. Summoned by the impact of sound from the shell, young men begin to straggle onto the shoreline. The most seasoned among them are around twelve; the most youthful are around six. Among the gathering is a young men's choir, wearing dark outfits and drove by a more established kid named Jack. They walk to the shoreline in two parallel lines, and Jack snaps at them to get ready. The young men insult Piggy and ridicule his appearance and moniker.
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The choirboys vote in favor of Jack, however the various young men vote in favor of Ralph. Ralph wins the vote, despite the fact that Jack unmistakably needs the position. To pacify Jack, Ralph requests that the choir fill in as the seekers for the band of young men and requests that Jack lead them. Aware of the need to investigate their new condition, Ralph picks Jack and a choir part named Simon to investigate the island, overlooking Piggy's whimpering solicitations to be picked. The three voyagers leave the meeting spot and set off over the

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