<P> In the midst of a wartime evacuation , a British aeroplane crashes on or near an isolated island in a remote region of the Pacific Ocean . The only survivors are boys in their middle childhood or preadolescence . Two boys -- the fair - haired Ralph and an overweight , bespectacled boy nicknamed `` Piggy '' -- find a conch , which Ralph uses as a horn to convene all the survivors to one area . Ralph is optimistic , believing that grown - ups will come to rescue them but Piggy realises the need to organise : ( `` put first things first and act proper '' ) . Because Ralph appears responsible for bringing all the survivors together , he immediately commands some authority over the other boys and is quickly elected their `` chief '' . He does not receive the votes of the members of a boys ' choir , led by the red - headed Jack Merridew , although he allows the choir boys to form a separate clique of hunters . Ralph establishes three primary policies : to have fun , to survive , and to constantly maintain a smoke signal that could alert passing ships to their presence on the island and thus rescue them . The boys establish a form of democracy by declaring that whoever holds the conch shall also be able to speak at their formal gatherings and receive the attentive silence of the larger group . </P>
<P> In the midst of a wartime evacuation , a British aeroplane crashes on or near an isolated island in a remote region of the Pacific Ocean . The only survivors are boys in their middle childhood or preadolescence . Two boys -- the fair - haired Ralph and an overweight , bespectacled boy nicknamed `` Piggy '' -- find a conch , which Ralph uses as a horn to convene all the survivors to one area . Ralph is optimistic , believing that grown - ups will come to rescue them but Piggy realises the need to organise : ( `` put first things first and act proper '' ) . Because Ralph appears responsible for bringing all the survivors together , he immediately commands some authority over the other boys and is quickly elected their `` chief '' . He does not receive the votes of the members of a boys ' choir , led by the red - headed Jack Merridew , although he allows the choir boys to form a separate clique of hunters . Ralph establishes three primary policies : to have fun , to survive , and to constantly maintain a smoke signal that could alert passing ships to their presence on the island and thus rescue them . The boys establish a form of democracy by declaring that whoever holds the conch shall also be able to speak at their formal gatherings and receive the attentive silence of the larger group . </P>
when did the plane crash in lord of the flies
when did the plane crash in lord of the flies
In the midst of a wartime evacuation
In the midst of a wartime evacuation