Critical Analysis on The Lord of the Flies
Style is a writer's characteristic way of writing his or her choice of words, sentence structure, and use of imagery and figurative language. For example, one writer might coin new words, write in long rhythmic sentences and create striking images and metaphors. Another writer may use sentences that are very straight forward and very precise in diction. Still others may create episodes that are so poignant that a reader has difficulty putting them from his mind. One such scene is created by William Golding in "Lord of the Flies", shows how the boys have changes from being "civilized" to being "savages". This particular scene is near the end of the novel, where Golding is describing the condition that Ralph is in. All of Ralph's friends has been killed or has went on Jack's side, and now Ralph is fleeing for his life. After Sam and Eric told Ralph that the boys planned to hunt him down and kill him in the morning, Ralph gets in a covert and sleeps there. The next morning, Ralph is awakened by a distance noise of someone coming and was yelling. "It was a violation over the seashore and now the next savage answered and the next". Ralph made a big mistake, the night before this "hunt" started, Ralph had told Sam and Eric where he wa
" This scene also portrays one of Golding's ideas on the world. Ralph thought he could trust Sam and Eric; however, Sam and Eric had been turned into savages and they told Jack where he was hiding. This scene helps lead to the dramatic conclusion of Ralph almost getting killed and the boys getting rescued. " The only way Jack manages to get him out is to light a brush on fire. However, this is truly evident in the "man-hunt" scene, when the boys are doing whatever they can do to kill Ralph. " All of a sudden a new thought popped up in his head, "Hide and let them pass. The boy heard this, so Ralph took off out of the brush and fell on the beach. A savage knelt down and peered into the thick brush Ralph was in, Ralph panicked and let out a low shrieking sound. s going to hide when the boys came looking for him. However, the biggest cause would have to be the conflict between Ralph and Jack. "He staggered to his feet, waiting for more terrors, and looked at a huge peaked cap. As the reader sees the "hunting scene" is the result of a on-going conflict and it causes the rescue of the boys. There were many cases that led to the development of this scene. The two not only argued about everything, they were also challenging each other in their own ways.
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