The Coral Island is a book that is filled with intense and vivid scenes that are always described in striking detail.The story begins with Ralph Rover, who is fifteen years old, and three other boys who become shipwrecked on the coral reef on an island in Polynesia. They had sailed from Britain onboard the Arrow. His two companions are Jack, who is eighteen, and Peterkin, who is thirteen. The boys are forced to live entirely on their own, cut off from any civilization. They provide themselves with food, water, clothing, shelter, and much more. Ralph soon finds that the native fruit, fish, and wild pigs provide a stable and reliable food supply for the three of them. At first, the book seems slightly dull and boring as they seem to come upon
