What does the island in Lord of the Flies looks like?

Answer 1

It is described in a way of animalistic savagery, which, ironically, is what Ralph has been denying throughout the book, but is what in the end leads him to the beach, and his survival.

Answer 2

go to www.homework-online.com/lotf/setting.asp and theres a picture.

go to www.homework-online.com/lotf/setting.asp and theres a picture.

Ralph, Jack and Simon climbed the mountain and discovered that they were on an island which was roughly boat shaped, with a mountain, falling down to the sea in cliffs at the blunt end. The mountain sloped gradually into jungle which got flatter towards the pointed end, where it terminated in a rocky promontary, almost a a small island, connected to the main island. There was a square shaped jetty of pink rock that cut across the jungle and beach and jutted into the lagoon. This was the platform where the boys held their meetings. A coral reef ran parallel to one side of the island, protecting the lagoon within from the open sea. The other (wild) side of the island was unprotected by a lagoon.

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It kind of shaped like a ship. Pretty ironic.

Answer 3

The island is roughly boat shaped and this could symbollise the journey that the boys undertake from being civilised schoolboys at the start of the novel to a tribe of murderous savages at its end.

Answer 4

When Ralph, Simon and Jack climb the mountain in chapter 1 they see the whole island spread out below them. The island is described as being roughly boat shaped. The mountain is at the blunt end and the island tapers towards its pointed end, where it is connected to a rocky outcrop by a narrow causeway of land.

Answer 5

Yawn, this yet another example of something which is not a specific question but is in fact an assignment set by yourteacher for you to complete. The instruction to describe something is not a question, not even if you tack a question mark onto the end of the sentence.

Ralph, Jack and Simon climbed the mountain and discovered that they were on an island which was roughly boat shaped, with a mountain, falling down to the sea in cliffs at the blunt end. The mountain sloped gradually into jungle which got flatter towards the pointed end, where it terminated in a rocky promontary, almost a a small island, connected to the main island. There was a square shaped jetty of pink rock that cut across the jungle and beach and jutted into the lagoon. This was the platform where the boys held their meetings. A coral reef ran parallel to one side of the island, protecting the lagoon within from the open sea. The other (wild) side of the island was unprotected by a lagoon.

Answer 6

From the moment that the boys arrived on the island they began to change it. The 'passenger tube,' which brought the boys to the island, left a 'scar' in the jungle when it crash landed. Right at the start of their stay on the island the boys lit a fire on the mountain which threw out a cloud of sparks that set fire to, "a quarter square mile of forest." They built three shelters on the beach, lit a number of fires on the mountain top, on the beach and at Castle Rock. The boys also rolled at least three large boulders which caused damage and answered the call of nature 'anywhere.' Finally Jack managed to set fire to the entire island in his attempt to hunt down and kill Ralph.

Answer 7

Basically "it was roughly boat shaped",with behind them a "jumbled descent to the shore" on the humped part. On either side there is"rocks, cliffs, tree tops and a steep slope". Forward "tamer" (calmer) descent to the "jungle flat" which is "dense green but drawn at the end to a pink tail" Then finally there is a separate mini island which is pink and like a "fort".

The boat shape of the island is an ancient symbol of civilization. Therefore the island must symbolise civilisation and the fact that it has many paths. It shows which paths characters can take. It has tame paths like the front representing simon's outlook, dangerous aspects like the sides representing roger and jacks outlook, aspects that are recluse from others (the little island) representing piggy and his separation having to defend himself in a kind of "fort", and jumbled parts at the back which could represent sam and eric who haven't chosen a path.

Answer 8

Ralph sees the Lord of the Flies as a " skull on a stick"

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