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.......British schoolboys ages 6 to 12 survive a plane crash on a small coral island in the South Pacific during a world war. There are no adult survivors. The boys are intelligent, well-to-do children–the sons of aristocratic families that run society and government–who had been evacuated from a battle zone. Under a hot sun, two older boys–one fat and clumsy and the other handsome and athletic–are on a beach getting acquainted as they discuss their plight. They are uncertain whether there are other survivors. The fat boy confides that his school chums call him Piggy, a nickname he despises. The other boy later introduces himself as Ralph. Ralph says his father will rescue them when he learns that their plane is missing, but Piggy rejects this possibility: “Didn’t you hear what the pilot said? About the atom bomb? They’re all dead.” While they get their bearings, Piggy continually urges Ralph to go with him to look for other survivors. But rather than taking this......

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