Lagoon In Lord Of The Flies Essay

In Lord of the flies, chapter one, the boys are trapped on an island,that has a lagoon. A lagoon is an extended salt water section that is separated from the actual ocean. The fair boy now known as Ralph points out: “This is an island. At least I think it’s an island. That’s a reef out in the sea” (Golding 7-8). The fair boy mentions the reef, which means a ridge of rocks that lie above or below the sea. There were also many trees, but since their plane crashed, that caused most of the trees to fall. While the boys start to go forward into the island they discover other things on the island: “The shore was fledged with palm trees. These stood or leaned or reclined against the light and their green feathers were a hundred feet up in the air

[...] Scattered with decaying coconuts and palm sapling” (Golding 10). Like many other islands, there are palm trees and coconuts, so this island is a typical normal island, at least for now.

As they move ahead more things are seen, such as the beautiful “shimmering water” (Golding 10). The boys are on this island, but there are many ways how, according to the boys: “‘He must have flown off after he dropped us. He couldn’t land here. Not in a place with wheels” (Golding 8). That is the fair boy's response, but the fair boy did not take that responds well: “We was attacked!” (Golding 8). Besides Ralph, the fat boy actually seen textual evidence: “I saw the other part of the plane. There were flames coming out of it” (Golding 8). This response makes sense, the plane crashed and that's why they lost. The authors thought process for the setting connects with the storyline, because this island is where no one can hear you just how piggy says, “Nobody don’t know we’re here” (Golding 14).This gives the boys a little world of their

own.
Golding uses figurative language to explain the things that they discover. This makes the story more imaginable and bright. For example, Golding uses simile to describe the sea: “Within the irregular arc of coral the lagoon was still as a mountain lake- blue of all shades and shadowy green and purple” (Golding 10). Ralph thinks that the sea was fascinating and compares it to a mountain lake. He also compares the sea to the color, which the audience can picture the shades of blue in the water. Just like this example Golding also uses it again with coconuts: “stood there among the skull like coconuts” (Golding 10). In this case the author is comparing the rotten skulls to their shape or color looking like a skull. Most of his figurative language is used in the setting or to describe the boys.
Golding starts with his idea to make this group of boys like a own little world.

Just by the idea of having no one to rescue these boys because there are , “‘No grownups!’” (Golding 80). The main part of creating things that symbolize civilization enters when the boys start to discover the island. Starting from Ralph and piggy, they found something that turned the group into a society: “It’s a shell! I seen one like that before. On someone's back wall. A conch he called it [...] ‘We can use this to call the others’” (Golding 16). This conch that they found is a shell, when you blow into the shell it makes a large echoey noise. Piggy thought that the larger noise would be great to call the other boys. This idea really helps the boys to know each other and their names. This is a start to a life and society with a group of people. One main thing that Ralph started is a way to be neighbors or a community: “We’re having an meeting. Come and join in” (Golding 20). In fact Ralph started something that makes these boys interact to the group, talking about survival or discoveries. For example, Ralph talks about “look after ourselves” (Golding 21). Which gives a meaning to the boys, that they will have to help and work to survive on the island, without the help of humans. They are now adults, and their mission is to go back

home.