How did they make a fire in Lord of the Flies?

Answer 1

The initial fire is started after Ralph explains, during their second meeting, that in order to get rescued they need to attract the attention of passing ships and airplanes with a signal fire on the mountain top.

Answer 2

In the novel Lord of the Flies. The boys make a fire by hauling wood to the top of a mountain. They all stand around the pile of wood. Ralph ask's Piggy for matches.

Obviously Piggy does not have any. Ralph looks up at Piggy and sees his glasses.

Ralph asks Piggy for his glasses and uses the sun to reflect off of them onto the pile of wood.

Answer 3

In "Lord of the Flies," the boys make a fire by using Piggy's glasses to focus the sunlight and ignite dry leaves. They attempt to keep the fire going to create smoke for signaling passing ships or planes for rescue. However, their lack of organization and discipline leads to the fire getting out of control and causing a forest fire.

Answer 4

In Lord of the Flies the boys gather dry tinder and use Piggy's specs to focus the sunlight and start the fires

Answer 5

The boys make a fire to give off smoke so that passing ships and aircraft will see it and hopefully rescue them. It is a signal fire. Ralph makes the fire using Piggy's spectacles.

Answer 6

They use piggy's specs to magnify the sun