The first recognition of the urgency for a signal fire was voiced by Ralph in Chapter two of Lord of the Flies. As the recently elected chief of the boys, Ralph declared that a signal fire would assuredly assist the Navy in discovering the unknown location of the lost boys. However, the boys are hardly cautious; the fire becomes uncontrollable. The carelessness of the boys causes the fire to reach a section of the jungle where a child was. The littlun with the mulberry birthmark had been roaming around the now blazing forest. After his disappearance, he is considered the first death on the island.
Conflict Categories
1. Man Versus Nature
2. Man Versus Man
3. Man Versus Self
Quotes
1. “Life became a race with the fire” (Golding