The Island

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  • The Island
    • Paradise
      • The island is unchartered and untouched by humans.
        • It is separated from the destructive nature of humans.
        • There is no civilisation on the island.
          • The boys sink into the primal habits of wild animals as they spend more time on the island.
            • The island isn't as amazing as it first seems.
        • 'water drew to a point at infinity'
      • There is fruit growing.
        • 'Flower and fruit grew on the same tree'
        • 'Everywhere was the scent of ripeness'
        • Biblical link to Adam & Eve and the forbidden fruit.
          • Could foreshadow sin.
            • 'Snake clasp' on Ralph's belt.
    • The ocean
      • Represents life and death.
        • Creatures live in the ocean
          • 'Tiny transparencies that came questing in with the water'
            • The ocean has brought new life to the island.
        • Piggy and Simon's bodies are washed away by the sea.
          • 'The sea breathed in again in a long, slow sigh........ the body of Piggy was gone.'
      • Isolates the boys from society
        • 'faced by the brute obtuseness of the ocean, the miles of division, one was clamped down, one was helpless, one was condemned'
    • Hell
      • Paradise
        • The island is unchartered and untouched by humans.
          • It is separated from the destructive nature of humans.
          • There is no civilisation on the island.
            • The boys sink into the primal habits of wild animals as they spend more time on the island.
              • The island isn't as amazing as it first seems.
          • 'water drew to a point at infinity'
        • There is fruit growing.
          • 'Flower and fruit grew on the same tree'
          • 'Everywhere was the scent of ripeness'
          • Biblical link to Adam & Eve and the forbidden fruit.
            • Could foreshadow sin.
              • 'Snake clasp' on Ralph's belt.
      • Heat
        • 'Always, almost visible, was the heat.'
        • 'The heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening weight.'
      • Fruit
        • 'They were now used to the stomach aches and a sort of chronic diarrhea.'
          • The things that at first made the island like a paradise have become hellish.
      • 'There was not enough soil for them to grow to any height and when they reached perhaps twenty feet they fell and dried, forming a criss cross pattern of trunks, very convenient to sit on.''
        • The boys will be unable to grow their own food.
          • Foreshadows need to hunt and kill.
        • Subtle themes of death early on in the book.
          • The trees have died and made the boys' lives easier.
            • Idea of killing for the greater good.
              • Foreshadows need to hunt and kill.
    • Death
      • 'There was not enough soil for them to grow to any height and when they reached perhaps twenty feet they fell and dried, forming a criss cross pattern of trunks, very convenient to sit on.''
        • The boys will be unable to grow their own food.
          • Subtle themes of death early on in the book.
            • The trees have died and made the boys' lives easier.
              • Idea of killing for the greater good.
          • 'Decaying coconuts and palm saplings'.
            • Coconuts are fruits and they have good connotations- nutrition etc, but they are dead.
            • Saplings are young trees. They represent new life but they are dead.
              • Destruction of innocence?
                • Coconuts are fruits and they have good connotations- nutrition etc, but they are dead.
          • Early introduction of themes of death normalises it and foreshadows later events.
          • However there is fruit present on the island that isn't dead.
            • Humans and animals living on the island are still able to survive until they are hunted by each other.
              • Theme of death as a greater purpose- they are kept alive so that they can be killed by each other.

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      Mykonos vs Santorini: Which of these well-known islands is the best to visit? is a topic that is regularly discussed. In an ideal scenario, you would travel to both locations and benefit from the unique features that each island has to offer. But if you can only visit one Greek island and your resources are limited, which one should you pick?

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