How Does Golding Use Imagery In Lord Of The Flies

In the novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses his trademark descriptive way of writing his stories to describe the scenery of the island, the appearance of the boys and their behavior, and the beast that is claimed to share the island with the boys. Golding uses this imagery to create a visual picture for the reader, so they can feel as if they’re seeing the events in person, and to have a better understanding of the book and Golding himself. The descriptions he uses to describe the boys as the story progresses shows what can happen after long isolation from a civilized constructed society. If Golding were to not use this imagery, the story would be much different, and it wouldn’t give the reader the same feeling as it does.

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In the beginning, their are no official sightings of the beast. The boys still become terrified, since they’re unsure about its existence. When the twins go to get wood for the fire, a dead pilot drops from a parachute, and gets stuck in the trees. One of the twins sees him moving like a puppet, and doesn’t see his human form. The parachute makes it seem as if the “beast” has wings. The boys tell the other boys about their sighting, and claim it can fly. Golding was able to use his descriptive powers to make a person on a parachute look like a beast of unknown origin. Earlier in the book, one of the boys says their dad told them about squids that could eat whales whole, suggesting that the beast came from water. Being surrounded by water, and the beast supposedly having wings makes the boys horrified, since now they know it can come from anywhere. Finally, Ralph decides to take his team up to the mountain, and kill the beast, There they see what is described to be a huge, ape-like animal, and they run off. Lord of the Flies himself is the truth of the beast. He is first described as a mass of blackness, since the sow head covered in flies, but when Simon approaches, they true form is