, by , is about a group of British school boys stranded on a
deserted island who must fend for themselves. In chapter 1, the reader is introduced toand , two
main characters in the book. In fact, when the boys ultimately break into factions, Ralph
becomes the leader of one group.
Their first view of the island comes in that
first chapter, when they want to get a better look at their surroundings. The author
writes:
]]>Ralph disentangled himself cautiously and stole
away through the branches. In a few seconds the fat boys grunts were behind him and he was
hurrying toward the screen that still lay between him and the lagoon. He climbed over a broken
trunk and was out of the jungle.The shore was fledged with palm trees.
These stood or leaned or reclined against the light and their green feathers were a hundred feet
up in the air. The ground beneath them was a bank covered with coarse grass, torn everywhere by
the upheavals of fallen trees, scattered...
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