Lord of the Flies
Imagery
Chapter 1
- The place where the plane crashed: it symbolizes ‘a wound’ in nature- the children will ruin the “innocence” of the island. The place became known as ‘The Scar’. This is also seen on pg.37, where another scar is created by Jack throwing down a boulder into the forest. One may see this as a simple children`s game, but we already see a germ of evil in Jack`s intensions. On pg.38, there are the words “gash”and “splintered trunks”. This shows that their presence on the island is looked upon like a ‘gash’ and a ‘scar’- a WOUND. This episode shows us the monstrous element the boys have inside the. In this chapter Jack creates two more scars: when he slashed the candle- like plant and when he threw his knife into the bark of the three. Till now Jack has created three scares in the island.