The plane on which the boys were being evacuated crashed on the island during a storm and the adults (along with some of the boys) on board were killed.
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Jack Merridew's father is not mentioned in Lord of the Flies. The novel, written by William Golding, is about a group of boys stuck on a deserted island.
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Yes , The only animals on the island are the wild pigs. They kill them for food.
The island in lord of the flies is a microcosm because the island is supposed to be a small concentrated of society as a whole, while the boys on the island are symbolic of the population of the world as a whole. Meaning that everyone in the world has the potential for evil, whether the exercise this or not.
There are no Swallows and Amazons in Lord of the Flies. "Swallows and Amazons" is the title of a book by the author Arthur Ransome. "Lord of the Flies" is a completely different book written by William Golding, they have nothing at all in common with each other. Early in the book when Ralph tells the assembly that they are on an island, a good island, some of the boys call out, "Like Treasure Island, Swallows and Amazons and The Coral Island."