Summary of chapters 1 and 2

In chapter one the characters of Piggy and Ralph meet up with each other after escaping from a plane they were on that was shot down. A war was going on in the world around them but it seemed as if they were the first to step foot on the island. Piggy spots a conch shell and shows Ralph how to use it to make a noise. Then Ralph gathers all of the other boys …

…they can start a fire, but they are careless and start a raging fire. The children also realize that the little boy with the birthmark is missing and had been "swallowed up" by the raging fire. What I found significant about this chapter is that Piggy begins to remind me of an adult figure pointing out the mistakes of being careless and starting the raging fire while Jack and Ralph argue over the signal fire.