A rip in the forest caused by the crash landing of the boys' plane on the island. The scar symbolizes that man, and his savage nature, destroys paradise merely by entering it.
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The timeline below shows where the symbol The Scar appears in Lord of the Flies. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...from where they can see that they're on an uninhabited island. They also see the "scar" where the crashing plane tore through the jungle. Ralph says of the island, "This belongs...
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