At the end of Chapter 1 of Lord of the Flies, Golding uses two devices to allow the true nature of Jack, Ralph and Simon to be revealed.

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End of chapter 1 analysis

At the end of Chapter 1 of Lord of the Flies, Golding uses two devices to allow the true nature of Jack, Ralph and Simon to be revealed.

The first of these devices is the candle buds. It is significant that Simon speaks first about the bushes as he is the one out of the three who most appreciates nature. Golding has him mention the candle buds in three short consecutive sentences before any of the others say anything. Golding uses the number three numerous times in this scene, both in the language and for actual things in the play such as the fact that there are three boys. Jack's response to the candle buds is much more aggressive as he "slashes" at them without saying anything first. "Slashes" paired with the "spilled" scent, provokes violent imagery in the readers mind and could be used by Golding to be foreshadowing later uses of the knife for more deadly purposes. Ralph has a much more practical approach to the buds, weighing up their usefulness before deciding they have no further applications. Ralph is portrayed as being very sensible in the scene, he