I chose this image because it shows the changing direction the boys have taken by letting the fire out. The fork represents the two paths open to the survivors on the island. The path that leads to light would be keeping the fire burning while the road that leads to the storm is the path they took. |
I chose this quotation from the text because the act is a symbolic change in the boys behaviour and also a change in the affect of the rules the boys placed on themselves. The signal fire was the survivors only way of signaling a nearby ship for rescue, but the hunters let the fire die even though they were told to keep it alive symbolizing their desire to stay on the island and hunt instead of being rescued and returning to the society and rules they once lived. |