Some think of fire as fearful and bad, others think of it as technology and useful, in some cases it can be both. In the book by William Golding, Lord of the Flies it is both. During the time of the war going on in Europe a group of boys are sent out in a plane and when the plane crashes disaster strikes the boys as they are stranded on an island trying to survive. Ultimately fire is a huge symbol in the book as it symbolizes hope, distress, and relief.
At the beginning of they story the symbol of fire creates the mood of hope. At this point the boys are just getting order but most are still afraid. Ralph is trying to lead them by suggesting a way to get rescued, by starting a fire. Ralph says, “We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not …show more content…
Also the reader gets hopeful because the boys have a way to be saved and won't have to be stranded anymore. Fire is how they can get saved, it is their only hope.
Fire can also set the mood of distress, as it did in is part of the book. Just as the fire gets going, the boys let it get out of control and it starts to reach the trees and burn everything.
“Beneath the dark canopy of leaves and smoke the fire laid hold on the forest and began to gnaw.
Acres of black and yellow smoke rolled steadily toward the sea.” (56) This makes the reader feel scared and distressed for the characters that they may have burned all their food. Fire in this case is bad and makes the reader wonder if they'll survive. Fire has a big influence on how the reader feels in this book, that's why it's such an important symbol.
At the end of the book when the fire takes over the whole islands and rescuers arrive, relief is the mood. The tribe that is ruled by Jack is on the hunt to kill Ralph, since he is the only one left that hasn't joined Jack's tribe. Jacks tribe has gone insane and are on a killing spree, chaos takes over. When the fire starts, it doesn't stop, it's so big that they sky is full of smoke,
At the beginning of they story the symbol of fire creates the mood of hope. At this point the boys are just getting order but most are still afraid. Ralph is trying to lead them by suggesting a way to get rescued, by starting a fire. Ralph says, “We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not …show more content…
Also the reader gets hopeful because the boys have a way to be saved and won't have to be stranded anymore. Fire is how they can get saved, it is their only hope.
Fire can also set the mood of distress, as it did in is part of the book. Just as the fire gets going, the boys let it get out of control and it starts to reach the trees and burn everything.
“Beneath the dark canopy of leaves and smoke the fire laid hold on the forest and began to gnaw.
Acres of black and yellow smoke rolled steadily toward the sea.” (56) This makes the reader feel scared and distressed for the characters that they may have burned all their food. Fire in this case is bad and makes the reader wonder if they'll survive. Fire has a big influence on how the reader feels in this book, that's why it's such an important symbol.
At the end of the book when the fire takes over the whole islands and rescuers arrive, relief is the mood. The tribe that is ruled by Jack is on the hunt to kill Ralph, since he is the only one left that hasn't joined Jack's tribe. Jacks tribe has gone insane and are on a killing spree, chaos takes over. When the fire starts, it doesn't stop, it's so big that they sky is full of smoke,