paces, thinking about what he is going to say at the meeting. He has decided that the meeting should not be ; rather, it should be all business. has grown disgusted with the way he has been living. He dislikes flicking the tangled out of his , and he dislikes how his frayed make him uncomfortable.

Once on the platform, thinks to himself how he, , and Piggy hadn’t had the wit to bring a stone to wedge the that nightly threw half a dozen boys backwards during their meetings.

Before begins to talk, he thinks that a chief really needs to be able to think, and the problem is he cannot think as well as can. then calls the meeting. Almost everyone sits in the except for who stands outside the triangle to show his disapproval.

goes over the things the boys have decided in assemblies and have not gone through with. The first thing Ralph mentions is how the boys decided to bring up and put it in the shells, but now they don’t. And the boys go down to the river to . The second thing he lists is the failure to build the . He says that all the boys helped on the first one. But only four boys helped on the second one. And only he and worked on the third one, which is tottery. Then complains about how the boys are no longer using the rocks beyond the bathing pool as their . It was the best place to have as a toilet because the tide cleans it up. But now the boys seem to go everywhere, which is disgusting because the littluns suffer from . tells the boys if they are suffering from diarrhea to stay away from the . Then says that they should die before they let the go out again. ’s last command is that they don’t make a anywhere but on the .

The group gets bored and restless with , but he tries to say one last thing; he tries to talk about the and fear that has taken over the island. Once is done speaking, stands up and tells the littluns that they started all this stuff about beasts. He says that the littluns are nothing but a bunch of crybabies and sissies. He says that if there is a , he will hunt it. After is done, tries to convince the boys that there is no such things as beasties or and that science can prove it. Then a littlun by the name of stands up and talks about how he saw something moving in the trees. As it turns out, it wasn’t a ; it was going to his secret place in the forest.

Next stands up. He is too timid to give his name. Percival starts to cry and the rest of the littluns join him. gets them to stop crying by falling off the twister into the grass. finally tells the group that he thinks the comes out of the . After this, Maurice talks about how his father once told him there is a that can eat a whale. The boys truly get frightened when speaks up and says that maybe there is a and maybe it is the boys themselves. One of the boys interprets what said as meaning that there are ghosts. The group basically breaks into chaos over the mention of them.

grabs the and says that he didn’t vote for ghosts. interrupts him, and Ralph tries to gain order. But says there is no need for rules and that he is tired of Ralph always taking ’s side.

The meeting breaks up and tells Ralph that if he gives up, will want to hurt Ralph but won’t be able to. But will strike out against the next best thing, and that is .