Setting
In chapter nine, the author discretely uses his description of the setting to empower the situation. In the opening of the scene of Simon’s death it is raining and lightening extremely hard, with the loud thunder scaring the littluns, and says that they are experiencing intense winds. The author is using this description of the setting to express how each of the characters is acting; the “savage” weather to explain the savage behavior each of the boys have.
On page 151 and 152 it says, “The hunters were looking uneasily at the sky, flinching from the stroke of the drops. A wave of restlessness set the boys swaying and moving aim- lessly. The flickering light became brighter and the blows of the thunder were only just bearable. The littluns began to run about, screaming. Jack leapt onto the sand. ‘Do our dance! Come on! Dance!’ .... Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society.”
As the weather gets worse on the island, the mood becomes more serious, and the situation gets worse.
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