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mckoyd
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In "Lord of the Flies" how did all the kids get there and did all the kids make it to the island?

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Posted by mckoyd on Wednesday May 28, 2008 at 7:02 AM and tagged with lord of the flies, plot.

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  1. reidalot
    reidalot Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    In this work, a group of British schoolboys are stranded on an island somewhere in the Pacific after their plane crashes. Piggy says at the opening of the novel, "I expect there's a lot more of us scattered about." It is not made clear by Golding whether or not there were other children who died in the crash. The reader does know for certain, however, that the pilot was killed in the crash. The different groups of boys join up and there becomes a struggle for leadership between Ralph and Jack. As the plot progresses, it explores the journey the boys take into the heart of evil.

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    Posted by reidalot on Wednesday May 28, 2008 at 7:24 AM


  2. amy-lepore Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    The boys are students at an all-male boarding school in England during the World War.  They are being evacuated as bombing has begun and the adults fear for the boys' safety.  The plane is hit, supposedly by an enemy rocket or missile, during their evacuation to a safer location.  This is how they end up on the island, and why they are not rescued more quickly.  The plane went down in an area where there are probably many places/islands the boys could have gone, and  it is not until the island is set on fire to smoke out Ralph that rescue ships locate them and zero in for rescue.

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    Posted by amy-lepore on Wednesday May 28, 2008 at 7:32 AM

  3. merip
    merip Student
    High School - 10th Grade

    the kids got to the island because they were travelling by plane with their school. the plane had troubles and had to land in the island. we know not everyone survived because there are no grown ups, and although we are not told, we know not everyone survived.

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    Posted by merip on Monday June 9, 2008 at 3:04 PM