In the book "The Lord of the Flies" the part of the plane crashing down is the sign that fell. There had been some air battle going on in a distance. The book states that the night sky was filled with more than stars. This is also foreshadowing for the later parts to come when the island becomes even more scarred at the hands of mankind. The pilot has come down from the plane and later will be the beast that the children fear so badly.
Sam and Eric are scared because they are young and in an unfamiliar place. The pilot ejects from the plane and had landed in the bushes up high. The movement of the pilot caused by the wind jerking him back and forth frightens the two boys.
"When the breeze blew, the lines would strain taunt and some accident of this pull lifted the head and chest upright so the figure seemed to peer across the brow of the mountain."(96)
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