Lord Of The Flies Mood And Atmosphere Essay

An author can use the setting to create a certain mood or atmosphere. What kind of mood/atmosphere does Golding create with his setting? Give specific examples from the text.
Within the story of “Lord of the Flies” William Golding’s atmosphere is quite downbeat and uneasy through simply just the isolation on the island. No adults are there would begin leading all of the kids to have no guidance during their stay on this uninhabited island. “The sun was hot and the air was thick with the scent of wild fruit.” (Page 92). This quote about the island's weather symbolizes that although it might seem pleasant at first, with the hot air, it also suggests that something will overpower the environment, the air was thick with a scent of wild fruit, and

This is experienced the best through Ralph and Jack, one symbolizes civilization and one symbolizes the worst part of a human, savagery. Jack symbolizes savagery due to his innate instinct and how he acts especially during hunting. "Kill the pig! Cut her throat! Spill her blood!" (Page 81) That was Jack during a simple hunting session, and he’s already going into the savage ways of a human from this small task. "Bollocks to the rules! We're strong - we hunt! If there's a beast, we'll hunt it down! We'll close in and beat and beat and beat-!" (Page 110) This shows instead of normal reasoning, he directly goes to the high end of the stick of hunting the so-called beast. On the contrary, Ralph’s way of life is much more in order and civilized. "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything." (Chapter 2). This shows that Ralph is one to abide by the rules, unlike Jack who would most likely go hunting instead of listening to the rules set out early into the novel. "We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire." (Chapter 2). This shows that Ralph is trying to escape the island instead of surviving on it, which is what Jack was trying to do with all the hunting going on. These two

"Then when you get here you build a bonfire that isn't no use. Now you been and set the whole island on fire." (Chapter 2). This part of the setting in which there is no fire, they made fire without a plan. This led to the island being set on fire, and left a permanent scar on this island which will remain till the end of the book. A major setting which really helps develop struggle inside of the story is the divide of the island, one side being lush and full of fruit and fresh water, while the other is rugged and barren. This parallels Ralph and Jack, Jack’s side clearly shows to be the right idea, since they were almost rescued if it weren’t for the fire not being lit. Jack clearly relates to the rugged and barren side of the island, his entire plan wasn’t to leave, but to stay and remain permanently and if this wasn’t his human nature they would have escaped the