Lord of the Flies Timeline

  • Plane Crashes

    Plane Crashes
    By the end of World War two an atomic bomb has been dropped. A group of British school boys are taken away from the destruction by plane. Something goes wrong and the plane crashes on a remote island, leaving the boys stranded
  • Rescue Fire

    Rescue Fire
    Ralph has an idea to start a fire on top of a mountain on the island to act as a signal to near by boats so they can be rescued. The boys gather as much dry wood as they can find and use Piggy's glasses to start a fire. The fire ends up getting out of hand and nearly burns the island completely down. One of the boys dies.
  • The First Hunt

    The First Hunt
    Jack and a group of the boys decide they they need to find more food. They go on a hunt to kill a wild pig, but there attempt was unsuccessful.
  • Dead man

    Dead man
    During the middle of the night, a man attached to a parachute lands on the island, but he is already dead. They let the mans body go into the ocean. Seeing the man makes the boys believe that there is a "Beast" on the island with them.
  • Splitting Up

    Splitting Up
    Throughout the story, Jack and Ralph have tension. Jack is finally tired of Ralph and creates his own group that has less rules and is more savage.
  • Simon's Death

    Simon's Death
    The boys beat Simon to death after he tells the he thinks he knows who the beast is. They let his body go in the ocean.
  • Piggy's Death

    Piggy's Death
    Piggy dies after Roger pushes a heavy rock off a cliff, and it his him. Although it was an accident, Roger shows no sympathy.
  • Ralph is Rescued

    Ralph is Rescued
    While on the run from jack and the hunter, Ralph rums into a Naval officer. He is shocked. Although the Officer doesn't realize that the boys are not just playing a game, her rescues Ralph.