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They steal the glasses from one of the boys and use the lenses as a magnifying glass.
Jack seized Piggy's spectacles and Ralph then uses them as a burning glass to focus the Sun's rays and start a fire. Their intention is to build a signal fire, which can attract any passing ships or planes. However their over enthusiasm leads the boys to build an enormous bonfire which eventually collapses in on itself and releases a shower of sparks which set fire to a patch of jungle further down the mounatin.
Use Piggy's glasses.
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CoachThe boy's use Piggy's glasses to start he fire every single time. It was Jack's idea to use the glasses as he said "His specs--use them as burning glasses. Later on Jack gets mad at Piggy and hits him, causing the glasses to fall and break one lense. That is kind of ironic. Later on, once Jack has a tribe he steals the glasses from Piggy. When Piggy goes to try get them back, he is killed by a huge rock that Roger pushes down the kill. At the end of the novel the book says "[a little boy] carried the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist". This means that Jack still had the glasses at the end of the novel.
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What happens to the island as a result of the fire the boys start?
nearly starts a forest fire
Why did the ship fail to see the boys?
the fire on top of the mountain was out. Jack had taken the boys who were supposed to be keeping the fire alight away to hunt, meaning the fire was unattended and there was no smoke for a ship to see and hence the boys be rescued
What disastrous thing happens after the boys build a fire in Lord of the flies?
The jungle catches fire
How and why do the boys make fire?
The boys build a fire after Ralph tells them that they need a signal fire in order to help them to get rescued. They build the fire on the top of the mountain where it will be most clearly visible to any passing ships or airplanes. The boys use wood from a pocket of jungle growing near to the summit. The fire is eventually lit by Ralph, using Piggy's spectacles as a buring glass to focus the heat of the sun.
Why is Ralph so upset the boys let the fire go out?
The fire is the boys' only hope of rescue from the island. When the boys go hunting and instead of minding the fire as Ralph instructed them to do, a ship passes by the island. Had the fire been lit, the people on the ship may have seen the signal and rescued the boys. This is why Ralph is angry; the other boys' disobediance ruined his chance of escaping the island.
