In this blog I am going to be writing about the setting of Lord of the Flies and why it’s important to the story.
Lord of the Flies is set on a warm, tropical island. There are palm trees all around, thick undergrowth through most of the inner island. The climate is hot during the day and gets cold during the night. It’s the kind of place that you see in a horror movie. It’s lit by a moon at night and it’s cold enough to make you get goose bumps. “Soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace. An interminable dawn faded the stars out, and at last light, sad and grey, filtered into the shelter. They began to stir though still the world outside the shelter was impossibly dangerous. The maze of the darkness sorted into near and far, and at the high point of the sky the cloudlets were warmed with color. A single seabird flapped upwards with a hoarse cry that was echoed presently, and something squawked in the forest. Now streaks of cloud near the horizon began to glow rosily, and the feathery tops of the palms were green” (page 99).
This book’s “scary” setting is important because it creeps the reader out and makes the reader feel uncomfortable. In the book, the setting makes the characters feel anxious and they can’t sleep. Golding is trying to make the reader feel like they’re in the story. The author makes me wonder what I would do if I were on the island.
Lord of the Flies is set on a warm, tropical island. There are palm trees all around, thick undergrowth through most of the inner island. The climate is hot during the day and gets cold during the night. It’s the kind of place that you see in a horror movie. It’s lit by a moon at night and it’s cold enough to make you get goose bumps. “Soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace. An interminable dawn faded the stars out, and at last light, sad and grey, filtered into the shelter. They began to stir though still the world outside the shelter was impossibly dangerous. The maze of the darkness sorted into near and far, and at the high point of the sky the cloudlets were warmed with color. A single seabird flapped upwards with a hoarse cry that was echoed presently, and something squawked in the forest. Now streaks of cloud near the horizon began to glow rosily, and the feathery tops of the palms were green” (page 99).
This book’s “scary” setting is important because it creeps the reader out and makes the reader feel uncomfortable. In the book, the setting makes the characters feel anxious and they can’t sleep. Golding is trying to make the reader feel like they’re in the story. The author makes me wonder what I would do if I were on the island.
dude. u write a crapload. u dont need to do all of that. u might mine look bad :( . haha, urs is super tight dude. how do u get pics?
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