CHAPTER2 summary

When the explorers return, the boys get into another meeting on the beach. Ralph tells the group that there are no adults on the island and that they need to organize a few things to look after themselves. Ralph declares that whoever holds the conch shell will speak, and the others will listen silently until they receive the shell in their turn. A small boy with a mulberry-colored mark on his face says that he saw a snakelike “beastie” the night before. The older boys say that the little boy’s vision was only a nightmare. Ralph proposes that the group build a large signal fire on the top of the mountain in order to be rescued. Others agree and use Piggy’s specs to light the fire. Piggy angrily declares that the boys need to act more proficiently if they want to get off the island, but his word carry little weight. Finally, he finds that the little boy with mulberry-colored on his face is missing.
-----BY QUEENIE