it is ironic that Jack used fire to capture Ralph becuase be was trying to find Ralph, which he did. Also the fire caused a ship to come to the idland because they saw the jungle on fire. With the ship stopping at the island and an officer coming on the beach, saved Ralph who was coming so close to a violent death. The officer also stopped the other boys from continuing on to kill Ralph. The ship saves Ralph and alll of the remaining boys. Seeing an adult and being saved, makes all of the boys emotional.
It's so thickly coated with irony, Ralph's plan throughout the entire book is to keep a fire going to be rescued, Jack could care less. Also, Jack wanted to flush out the island with fire just to finish Ralph off, when instead it brings rescue to Ralph.
jack starts the fire to get ralph out of his hiding
Jack and his hunters set the forest on fire because they want to find Ralph find kill him. The rescuer sees the smoke and investigates the island. Ralph rushes out of the fiery forest and he sees the Naval Officer.
The irony is that Ralph has continually sought to remind the boys of the need to keep a signal fire lit in order to stand a chance of being rescued. At this point in the novel when Jack has given himself over completely to savagery and dismissed all thoughts of rescue from his mind. Jack's only intention in lighting the fire was to drive Ralph out of hiding with the intention of then killing him. That this murder motivated fire, lit by a person with no thought of rescue, should actual serve as the mechanism which rescues Ralph from Jack's intentions and indeed rescues all the remaining boys from the island and Jack's tyranny is without doubt ironic.
They were fighting with Roger, and Jack stole fire from Piggy and Ralph.
It was ironic because fire started by the group to attract rescue ships became the tool to hunt and capture Ralph, representing the deterioration of civilization on the island. This reversal highlights the loss of moral values and descent into savagery among the boys.
It's so thickly coated with irony, Ralph's plan throughout the entire book is to keep a fire going to be rescued, Jack could care less. Also, Jack wanted to flush out the island with fire just to finish Ralph off, when instead it brings rescue to Ralph.
jack starts the fire to get ralph out of his hiding
The hunters find Ralph by setting the forest on fire, thereby forcing him out of hiding. They use the fire to smoke him out of the thicket. This act symbolizes the destructive power of their savagery and their willingness to resort to extreme measures to capture Ralph.
In William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies," it is Jack's group of savages who accompany him to steal fire from Ralph's camp. They violently attack Ralph and the other boys to steal the fire and assert their control over the island.
It was Jack's job to maintain the fire, but he was hunting instead. Ralph is mad because while Jack was hunting the fire went out and a ship went by. If Jack had maintained the fire they might have been rescued.
Jack and his hunters set the forest on fire because they want to find Ralph find kill him. The rescuer sees the smoke and investigates the island. Ralph rushes out of the fiery forest and he sees the Naval Officer.
The irony is that Ralph has continually sought to remind the boys of the need to keep a signal fire lit in order to stand a chance of being rescued. At this point in the novel when Jack has given himself over completely to savagery and dismissed all thoughts of rescue from his mind. Jack's only intention in lighting the fire was to drive Ralph out of hiding with the intention of then killing him. That this murder motivated fire, lit by a person with no thought of rescue, should actual serve as the mechanism which rescues Ralph from Jack's intentions and indeed rescues all the remaining boys from the island and Jack's tyranny is without doubt ironic.
They were fighting with Roger, and Jack stole fire from Piggy and Ralph.
Ralph feels that Jack's fire was too big and could have burned a lot of useful resources. Ironically, the fire will be more likely to signal help than the little fires that Ralph and the others built.
Jack and Ralph accidentally let the fire go out while using the glasses to start it. Their neglect in keeping the fire going led to a missed opportunity for rescue when a ship passed by the island.
setting the forest on fire