Setting

Question 0

Daylight might have answered yes; but darkness and the horrors of death said no.

Answer 0

Emphasises the safety of daylight and the dangers of the darkness on the island.

Question 1

But a sign came down from the world of grown-ups, though at the time there was no child awake to read it.

Answer 1

This is a reminder of the war in the outside world, which almost parallels the war on the island. Ironically, the fire is not lit when there were people there to see.

Question 2

the overflow hung down the vent and spilled lavishly among the canopy of the forest. The air was thick with butterflies, lifting, fluttering and settling.

Answer 2

This part of the island is idyllic, almost like the garden of Eden. This explains why Simon, a Christ figure, spends so much time there.