How Does Golding Build Tension In Chapter 8

One of the ways in which Golding builds up tension in Chapter 9 is through the description weather and nature. This is evident when Golding comments that “the light was unearthly”. Through the use of the adjective ‘unearthly’, Golding emphasises that something extraordinary was occurring on the island. ‘Unearthly’ is a powerful adjective to use as it exemplifies how abnormal the event is – something that readers may find strange, perhaps foreshadowing that an anomalous event will happen later in the chapter. However, it is clearly describing that the light was ‘unearthly’ so it hence cannot describe the boys as it was only the storm that was ‘unearthly’ and it is more likely that Golding was trying to use powerful adjectives to describe the