Lord of the Flies

Piggy and Ralph prayed for a sign from the grown up world and have been given one. What does it mean?

Chapter 6

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Piggy and Ralph pray for a sign and are given the discovery of a dead parachutist. This is significant because rather than getting the sign they wanted.... a sign of hope. They received a dead body that the littlun's believe is an appearance of the beast. Hope is traded for despair.

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Lord of the Flies