The first symbolic object that is presented in the novel in a specific setting is the long scar that is imprinted in the jungle. The scar is the spot where the plane crashed. Piggy, the protagonist, recalls seeing one of the wings on fire. None of the adults survived the crash. The author describes the scar in the jungle by telling the reader that, "Beyond the falls and cliffs there was a gash visible in the trees; there were splintered trunks and then the drag, leaving only a fringe of palm between the scar and the sea" (Golding 29). Ralph, one of the main characters, comes across a trunk and "...reached out and touched the jagged end of a trunk " (Golding 8). This shows that before the plane crashed, the island was undamaged and clean from
