This first scene is showing the boys all lighting a giant signal fire from the beginning of the book. On the left side of the mountain the boy with a birth mark on his face is crying for help. On the right side Piggy is trying to arrive with the conch that the boys left behind. And on the top of the mountain the rest of the boys are creating a giant fire that burns the island. What William Golding is trying to display is how once the conch is abandoned, order and democracy is abandoned and the conch is an important symbol for order.
In this second scene a ship is passing the island. The boys left the signal fire to go hunting. Ralph and a few of the older boys on the left see the ship and then the abandoned fire. On the right the boys are all hunting. In the top-left corner the ship is passing. Once the older boys arrive it is to late and the ship already left. The boys returned with a pig and didn't really care about the ship. What the author is trying to portray is that the fire being light represents the boy's hope for survival. If the fire is left, it means the boys don't have any hope of surviving.
I hope you enjoyed reading these two scenes and will continue to learn more about this book!
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