can you describe the island from Lord of the flies?

Question

If possible just from information in the first chapter.
thank you!
and no. i'm not cheating on hw.....i just want to know if i missed any details..so dont tell me i'm doing something wrong.

Answer 1

The island is tropical, with a warm sea and a mountain made of pinkish rock. It also has fruit trees. But here are some descriptive quotes from my copy of the book: "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"
"Out there perhaps a mile away, the white surf flinked on a coral reef, and beyond that the open sea was dark blue"
"Here the beach was interrupted by the square motif of the landscape; a great platform of pink granite thrust up uncompromisingly through forest and terrace and sand and lagoon to make a raised jetty four feet high"
Hope this helps. I have been studying 'Lord of the flies' in class for half about half a year. In class we were told that in chapter one 'The sound of the shell' the author William Golding is trying to describe the island as almost beautiful, glamorous, and magnificent, but is also trying to convey that it has a darker side to it. But that's just what was said in class. If you don't have a copy of the book and want more quotes email me at [e-mail]
Hope that helps and sorry if I ranted.

Answer 2

ok, so we've a sprawling island with -- like human beings mentioned -- very almost Survivor-like high quality. From the 1st financial ruin only, all of us understand there's a extensive ravine, or a minimum of a scar (that's what that's stated later on), on the island. This grew to become into led to by using the airplane crash till now the e book starts; it is going to likely be stated for a couple of minutes, then probably forgotten. The island itself, as you will discover by using the lads' remarkably awed expressions, is a lot from the hell they might think of that's. looking around, one might even think of it some style of Eden -- till, of direction, that's disrupted by using the airplane crash. no longer each and every thing can stay appropriate perpetually, good? i'm hoping that'll help out. :D ~R.

Answer 3

Alright, so we've got a sprawling island with -- like other people said -- almost Survivor-like quality. From the first chapter only, we know there's a huge ravine, or at least a scar (which is what it's referred to later on), on the island. This was caused by the airplane crash before the book begins; it'll be referred to for a little while, then seemingly forgotten.

The island itself, as you can see by the boys' remarkably awed expressions, is far from the hell they might think it is. Looking around, one might even think it some kind of Eden -- until, of course, it is disrupted by the airplane crash. Not everything can remain perfect forever, right?

I hope that'll help out. :D

~R.

Answer 4

haha i read this book!!! ok
The island has 4 major parts to it
the beach
the mountain
castle rock
the forest

just so u kno, the island is supposedly shaped like a boat.
(on a test in english we had a T/F question and it was "is the island shaped like a boat?" the answer was True)

i hope u like this book. It's a bit violent but its really good if u can see all the symbolic stuff. I really like it anyway.

Answer 5

Oh, come on. It's just like any island that's on survivor and stuff. It's got the forests, and it's got the reefs and a small bay. I remember that it has a mountain place, and a cliff, because someone falls off.

Answer 6

It's like a jungle around the outside of the island, with a huge city called Darvocet in the middle. The city is urban, like New York, with lots of luxuries, and its main industry is travel and tourism.

Answer 7

tropical, wild, filled with pigs, "lost boyz", vaccant, an island with no real establishments, and no communications