In Lord of the Flies how did the boys arrive on the island?

Answer 1

It is thought that the boys arrived on the island by the plane, which crashed during a storm, killing all the adults on the plane. The boys were initially on the plane to be evacuated from the war.

The boys were apparently being evacuated from England, which was engaged in some imagined future nuclear war against 'The Reds.' During the evacuation the plane came under attack and the pilot jettisoned the 'passenger tube,' which then crashed onto the island, leaving a scar in the jungle. The storm dragged the tube out to sea with some boys and presumably the adults still on board. The exact number of boys who survived or who were on the plane originally is never mention. When the book was written planes did not carry as many passengers as they do today, they were much smaller.

Answer 2

The boys where on board an airplane and they were being evacuated away from a war zone to an unknown destination. During a storm the plane was attacked and the "passenger tube" was ejected. The "passenger tube" crash landed on the island, leaving the "scar" in the jungle. Large waves, caused by the storm, dragged the "passenger tube" out to sea, along with some boys (and presumably some adults) who were still on board.

Answer 3

The beast from the air is the body of an airman. The chapter starts by describing an aerial battle which is taking place ten miles above the island. The body attached to the parachute was presumably a member of the crew of an airplane who had ejected from a damaged plane. He was killed at some point and his body, still attached to its parachute gradually drifted and descended through the air until it landed on the mountain top and the parachute lines became entangled in the rocks.

Answer 4

The "beast from air" is the man who falls onto the island by parachute; he is actually dead from an air battle by plane but his corpse hangs from a tree who "appears" as a monster to Samneric in the dark.

Answer 5

they were being eaten by monkeys so the boys were being evacuated by plane from a war zone, but crash on the deaserted island.