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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.
no one knows for sure. All Golding tells u is that they r trapped on an island. No one knows where. BTW, GREAT BOOK! I RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE!!
Piggy suggests using the conch shell to call for the other boys who are stranded on the island.
No time period is ever mentioned in the book. As there are no seasons in the tropics it is difficult to judge the passage of time. However the boys' hair had grown uncomfortably long, their clothes have fallen apart and the littluns have developed the distended stomach associated with malnutrition so some time has certainly elapsed. Nevertheless the naval officer still viewed them all as 'liitle boys,' so years certainly haven't passed. It is likely that the boys were on the island for several months but probably less than a year.
The scar is the dent that the plane made on the island when it crashed into the island.