The boys respond with excitement and a sense of adventure at the possibility of rescue when they see smoke in the distance in "Lord of the Flies." They believe it could be a signal fire lit by adults searching for them and rush to investigate.
Someone notices us
Someone notices us
The boys looked for their own smoke to signal the ship but it had gone out.
The side of the island with the little bit of smoke in "Lord of the Flies" is the south side of the mountain. This is where the boys start a signal fire in an attempt to attract passing ships for rescue.
Ralph said that a ship could see the smoke from up there and rescue them.
Ralph is more concerned about the smoke in "Lord of the Flies" because it represents hope for rescue and a way to be noticed by passing ships or planes. The smoke symbolizes the boys' connection to the outside world and their chance of being rescued from the island.
In "Lord of the Flies," when the boys find the piglet in the forest, they become caught up in the excitement of hunting and killing it. This experience triggers a primal, violent response in some of the boys, foreshadowing the darker themes of the novel.
The boys use Piggy's glasses to start a fire in the book, "Lord of the Flies." Ralph moved the glasses around until an image of the sun shined on the rotten wood, and smoke began to swirl up.
no he does not smoke.
In Chapter 1 of "Lord of the Flies," Ralph finds a conch shell on the beach and uses it to call the other boys together. The sound of the conch signifies a meeting, and all the boys instinctively know to gather in response to its sound.
In "Lord of the Flies," the boys use green branches and leaves from the island to make the fire give off more smoke. They discover that adding these materials helps the fire create more visible smoke signals.
No they do not , but they are almost there.