How to Build a Survival Shelter
Three Pole Parachute Tent
1. First you need three sticks, tie them together at one end.
2. Take the sticks and set them up with the tied end at the top, like a tripod.
3. If you want the shelter to be stronger take more sticks, about 5 or 6, and lay them against the stick tripod you have set up. Do not tie them to it though.
4. Find out what direction the wind blows in. Once you find out make the entrance at least 90 degrees away from the wind direction
5. Take the parachute and put it on the back of the shelter. The nylon loop should be at the top of the shelter.
6. Place the loop on a free standing stick, then put a stick against it so it's the same height.
7. Wrap one side of the sticks with the parachute. The parachute should be folded in half because you'll be using the whole thing.
8. To make the entrance, wrap the folded sides of the parachute around two sticks. To close it, just move them together
9. If you have an extra parachute, put it underneath the sticks so you have a floor
10. If you want to have a fire inside, leave a 30 to 50 centimetre whole in the top. This whole is for the purpose of ventilation.
This information would have been very valuable for the boys in The Lord of the Flies to know. If they had known this from the beginning they would have had a way easier time making shelter. If they had an easier time making shelters, that might have changed the story. It could've changed the story because Ralph wouldn't have gotten so mad about people not helping so jack would dislike him less. Also, other people might have been able to tend to the fire because no one would need to focus on the shelters so Ralph wouldn't have yelled at Jack for hunting instead of tending to the fire.
Simple survival skills like that can change the outcome of the book. But it's a book so the author already knows exactly what's going to happen. Otherwise, being able to build a proper shelter could have saved Simon and Piggy's lives.
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