Lord of the Flies
The first chapter of the novel, The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding is successful in determining the characters, concerns and language for the remainder of the book, additionally bringing in the major themes of the novel; unpleasant nature of man and good verses bad. In addition of the themes that show up and stay very important throughout the novel, In Chapter One, Golding demonstrates the deserted island as a location where the abandoned boys have an option between going back to a sophisticated condition of humankind or living in a savaged way. The first chapter of the novel confirms that the boys have no civilization and no concerns. “Hunt Catch things…until they fetch us” this quote that has been said shows how most of the boys have no concern on how will they go out of the island and how will they survive on the island. Chapter One foreshadows these events by representing the boys as scared and rude in the face of independence.
The writer uses a figurative language in the novel. Golding occasionally uses simile. One of them occurs in the first passage when Golding compares the sand with a road saying, “There was a strip of weed-strewn beach that was almost as firm as a road.” Metaphors are often used in this book. In fact, all symbolism is a type of metaphor since they compare two unlike things. Other metaphor in the book was when Golding described the choir boy at the beginning of the book as a "dark creature crawling along the sand..." He also used a number of allusions in the book. The title itself is an allusion to the Bible “The Lord of the Flies”. A way of entertaining the readers the writer used imagery to describe the scenery and the setting. A fine imagery arises in the earliest passage when Golding says, “there was a strip of weed-strewn beach that was almost as firm as a road. A kind of glamour was spread over them and the scene and they were conscious of the glamour and made happy by it.” Most of the sentence structures are simple and several are complex sentences. His writing manner is easy but the focus matter is deep. He makes use of a simple story to express a weighty thought.
