As the novel opens, “the fat boy,” follows behind “the fair boy.”The two boys meet and discuss the fact that their plane has crashed, and that there aren’t any grown-ups anywhere.They decide there must be some more boys around here somewhere, because there were a lot of them on the plane.We hear extensively of Piggy’s “
-mars.”Ralph makes his way toward the lagoon, and when Piggy catches up with him, they both swim in the water that’s as warm “as blood.”
