Lord of the Flies was written by William Golding after his navy service during World War II. To use experiences was what Golding did to develop a story full of themes about life and tyranny. Schoolboys find themselves on an island in the middle of nowhere after a crash while on their way away from the Blitz. The boys begin with civilization; after some time, though, they slowly become savages until all of society if gone. Jack and Ralph’s conflict symbolizes the battle of tyranny and democracy in the real world. The archetypal settings used in the book influence the events negatively by describing the ocean, the mountain and Castle Rock. Golding uses the ocean to convey his message that the island isn’t safe. For example, on page 10, “Within the irregular arc of coral the lagoon was still as a mountain lake-blue of all shades and shadowy green and purple.” Even though the lagoon is portrayed as beautiful, the irregular arc and shadowy nature of the coral is dangerous because the children don’t know what to expect. A
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An example of this was on page 118, ”The pig-track was a dark tunnel.” This path to the mountain is mysterious and unforgiving to the boys that want to scale the mountain’s cliffs in the dark of night. A couple pages late, on page 120, the author states, ”They set out to climb the slope of the mountain The darkness seemed to flow round them like a tide.” Fear of the unknown is immense at this moment; one reason why Ralph is hesitant to climb the mountain with the other two boys. In Chapter 7, when the boys see the beast, the boys are overwhelmed with a sense of fear that is able to create an essence of uncertainty and suspense throughout the rest of the book. Piggy, at the beginning of Chapter 8, looks at the dawn-pale beach next to the dark mountain. Golding is using Piggy’s senses to help describe the mountain and the beach as polar opposites, almost as if he was to use a
An example of this was on page 118, ”The pig-track was a dark tunnel.” This path to the mountain is mysterious and unforgiving to the boys that want to scale the mountain’s cliffs in the dark of night. A couple pages late, on page 120, the author states, ”They set out to climb the slope of the mountain The darkness seemed to flow round them like a tide.” Fear of the unknown is immense at this moment; one reason why Ralph is hesitant to climb the mountain with the other two boys. In Chapter 7, when the boys see the beast, the boys are overwhelmed with a sense of fear that is able to create an essence of uncertainty and suspense throughout the rest of the book. Piggy, at the beginning of Chapter 8, looks at the dawn-pale beach next to the dark mountain. Golding is using Piggy’s senses to help describe the mountain and the beach as polar opposites, almost as if he was to use a