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Post by Yor a wizard Harry!! (Ashton) on Feb 18, 2015 6:53:10 GMT
The beast from air is a dead parachutist who fell from a plane at night. Ralph wanted a sign from other humans to come and save them, and now they finally got one. But the boys think the parachutist is a beastie and they are scared of it. This symbolises that the beast is really themsleves, because the 'beast' is also a human. When the gift comes though it goes unnoticed to the boys, but to the reader it signifies the war the is happening outside the island. |
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Post by kayleewilliams on Feb 18, 2015 8:13:18 GMT
What is the “beast from air”? How is it appropriate that the boys mistake it for a beast — what connection does it have with the novel‟s themes, and what does it symbolize? The "beast from air" is a dead parachutist. One theme shown throughout the novel is the evil within humans, and how, as Golding suggests, humans are the real monsters. Therefore, having the boys mistaking an adult man as the "beastie" can symbolise further that humans are the real beasts. |
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Post by kayleewilliams on Feb 18, 2015 8:16:34 GMT
The "beast of the air" comes flying down through the air and it is discovered that it is a dead parachutist. Sam and Eric notice the "beast" first and run and wake up all the other boys to tell them about it and when they do, they make it out to have claws, wing and huge teeth making all the boys fear it. All throughout the book, the boys are deciding what the beast is. Whether it is and animal or monster but this shows that maybe the beast is actually humans. This is not the only time this idea of the beats being humans is mentioned. Another reason why the beast could be human is because on of the boys say fear isn't really unless you are frightened of humans. Also, the struggle to keep the boys community together can also be a symbol of the war happening elsewhere in the world at the same time. |
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Post by zoebia on Feb 18, 2015 9:27:26 GMT
What is the “beast from air”? How is it appropriate that the boys mistake it for a beast — what connection does it have with the novel‟s themes, and what does it symbolize? The 'beast from air' is the dead adult parachutist that the Sam and Eric noticed. Perhaps this links back to what is happening in the boys mind, they think that the Beastie is an animal on the island but it might be the humans who are the beast. I think this symbolises that the boys think that the adults would change things and make everything civililsed but they really are not any different to the young ones on the island. |
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Post by mackenzieg on Feb 18, 2015 11:36:22 GMT
The "beast from air" is the dead adult parachutist who drops onto the island after his plane is shot at, probably because of the war. Sam and Eric mistake the body as the beastie, which shows that humans are actually the monsters which they should be fearing, not an imaginary creature. While the boys on the island are almost on the verge of war, in the adult world there is also a war going on. The boys may be becoming savage, but is it any different from what the adults are doing to each other back in the 'civilized' world? It is extremely true that there is not much different between the situation that this group of boys are in compared to the situation that the adults from the world are in right now and there are many similarity that could be made between both wars. |
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Post by stewarts on Feb 19, 2015 2:20:47 GMT
The beast happens to be a dead parachutist that comes down from the sky and lands at the top of the mountain. It connects to the themes as the boys feared a beast with claws and other scary features, and they let themselves believe that the beast was as described. It symbolises the fear in the boys and their imaginations getting the most of them.
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Post by kate Fincham on Feb 22, 2015 12:17:29 GMT
What is the “beast from air”? How is it appropriate that the boys mistake it for a beast — what connection does it have with the novel‟s themes, and what does it symbolize? The "beast from air" is a dead parachutist who drops onto the island. It is almost ironic the biys mistake it for a beast as they've been longing for grownups to rescue them but when one finally turns up they think it's a beast and run screaming from it. I think the dead parachutist symbolises adults in general. It shows that the boys are really on their own. |
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Post by allanaedgell on Feb 23, 2015 11:18:03 GMT
What is the “beast from air”? How is it appropriate that the boys mistake it for a beast — what connection does it have with the novel‟s themes, and what does it symbolize? The "beast from air" describes the dead adult parachutist who floats down to the island. Sam and Eric, whist on signal fire duty, see the body and mistake it for the beastie. Ironically, this could be symbolic of the boys themselves being the beastie and they are blaming it on another human, even though they don't know it. |
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Post by allanaedgell on Feb 23, 2015 11:21:14 GMT
What is the “beast from air”? How is it appropriate that the boys mistake it for a beast — what connection does it have with the novel‟s themes, and what does it symbolize? The "beast from air" is a dead parachutist. One theme shown throughout the novel is the evil within humans, and how, as Golding suggests, humans are the real monsters. Therefore, having the boys mistaking an adult man as the "beastie" can symbolise further that humans are the real beasts. I agree with you that Golding suggests that humans are the real evil and this is ironic that they mistaking the adult for the beastie. I think it is a good point that you make that humans are the real monsters, not what's on the island. |
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Post by mattsmart on Feb 26, 2015 11:42:29 GMT
The beast from the air is a dead parachutest that fell from the sky at night, it has a connection because the boys think that it is the beastie but it is only human and the boys could be the beast themselves
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