The
mountain allows the boys to maintain some semblance of contact with the outside world, a world
they've inadvertently left behind. The top of the mountain provides the boys with a perspective
on their new world and their previous one. Symbolically, the mountain represents the two
elements of the human soulthe imminent and the transcendent.
The mountain,
like all human beings, is a part of the natural world, but at the same time rises above it.
During their sojourn on the island, the boys must make a choice as to which side of themselves
they will express. Those such asaspire towards...
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