Summary: At this point int he book essentially the entire group of boys has gone crazy, turning into power hungry, menacing savages. Ralph, Piggy, & Samneric are the only four boys remaining int he original clan. Piggy's glasses have been stolen and now that he had been rendered practically blind, they decided to go get them back. As they venture over to the other side of the cliff into the new clan's land they sense some serious hostility. The other boys do not want them to be there and do not respect them at all. The moment they mention that they want Piggy's glasses back everyone goes nuts. Roger begins to launch rocks towards the four boys. The final rock he heaves at the boys smashes into Piggy, crumbling the conch shell in his hands and launching him into the water, dead. They then go after Samneric, grabbing them, throwing them to the ground, and tying them up.
Ralph, being left alone after the remainder of his men had been killed or kidnapped headed back to his camp. Samneric then snuck over and informed him that a hunt would occur in the morning with all the boys on the hunt for human blood.
As the hunt commences int eh morning, Ralph finds multiple hiding spots and winds u being found every time. The group begins a fire to scorch him out of every hiding spot he can find. As Ralph breaks free of one of his best spots after begin found e sprints towards the beach. WHen he reaches the sand, he runs into a man in a clean cut navy quit with gold buttons. He looks up and notices it is a navy officer with a beautifully trimmed boat behind him. He explains to Ralph how he had seen the smoke and came to rescue whoever was on the island. All the boys begin to break into tears realizing how silly all their violence was and begin to board the ship.
Text-to-text connection: As the large groups goes out on their hunt for Ralph, they have come up with a loud chant to notify that everyone is still in the hunt looking for him. This loud disruptive cheer reminds me of Rowdy in The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian. Rowdy would have a habit to chant when he was being very rough with other people. Savagery, in both of these books seems to accompany a noise to keep the mind occupied from the horror their physical self is doing.
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