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Why did the ship fail to see the boys?
the fire on top of the mountain was out. Jack had taken the boys who were supposed to be keeping the fire alight away to hunt, meaning the fire was unattended and there was no smoke for a ship to see and hence the boys be rescued
Why is Ralph so upset the boys let the fire go out?
The fire is the boys' only hope of rescue from the island. When the boys go hunting and instead of minding the fire as Ralph instructed them to do, a ship passes by the island. Had the fire been lit, the people on the ship may have seen the signal and rescued the boys. This is why Ralph is angry; the other boys' disobediance ruined his chance of escaping the island.
Why were they unable to signal the ship in lord of the flies?
The ship was passing the island at a distance and if the island was marked on its navigatonal charts it would probably have been logged as being uninhabited (which it was before the boys landed there). If the signal fire on the mountain top had been lit and producing smoke that may well have attracted the attention of the ship and it may have decided to investigate. As things stood, the ship had no reason to investigate the island.
Why is it ironic that jack uses fire to capture Ralph?
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.
Why did the boys build a fire on the mountain in Lord of the flies?
Ralph said that a ship could see the smoke from up there and rescue them.
How are the boys rescued in the Lord of the Flies?
may contain spoiler: at the end of the book during all the total chaos, the island is on fire because the boys who went wild started burning everything and a passing ship arrives after seeing the smoke. It is a naval officer who comes to speak to them.
What did a ship's boy play with?
With the other ship's boys
Why doesn't the ship respond in Lord of the Flies?
There was nothing for the ship to respond to. If the island was on the ship's charts it would have been marked as uninhabited (which is was before the arrival of the boys) so the ship would have had no reason to visit it. The signal fire had gone out so there was no smoke to attract the attention of the ship to the fact that there were people on the island.
Why can't the boys able to signal the ship that passes by?
The boys couldn't signal the passing ship because the ship was too far away for them to see or be seen, or the signal they attempted to use was not effective in attracting the ship's attention. Additionally, environmental conditions such as weather or obstacles may have hindered their efforts to signal the ship.
Why does the boys plan for rescue fail in Lord of the Flies?
The boys only had one plan for rescue, which was to keep a signal fire burning on the mountain top. Jack made the offer that his "hunters" would accept the responsibility of keeping the fire lit. Unfortunately, on the day that Ralph spotted a passing ship, Jack had decided that he need all of his hunters to effectively hunt a pig. As a result the fire was left untended and it went out. The ship passed by and the boys remained unrescued.
What is ironic about consequences of the boy's decision to light fire?
The irony lies in the fact that the boys start the fire to signal for help and get rescued, but end up attracting a passing ship which unfortunately mistakes the island as already being under control and moves away. This unintended consequence shows how their initial goal backfires due to misinterpretation.
What happened when the boys saw the smoke of the ship in Lord of the Flies?
The boys looked for their own smoke to signal the ship but it had gone out.
