The sky above the mountains

Not much time is spent here, but this setting presents the perspectives that remain throughout the whole novel. As Grover points out, seeing life below them so tiny puts their own lives into a more honest and humble perspective. Their personal trials and tribulations and stressors are nothing when viewed from the window of a plane. By extension these problems that persist in civilized society disappear when that plane crashes into the wilderness below.

The Crash Site

Much of the novel is spent here as both Ben and Ashley recover from their wounds. Basic survival rules state, according to Ben, that it is best to stay with the crashed object. So the two of them do so. Ashley breaks her leg on impact, and that is addressed here as well. Primarily their injuries keep them there, but also it is their last tie to...