Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found they eager to take a place in this demented but partly secure society. They were glad to touch the brown backs of the fence that hemmed in the terror and made it governable. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! ” The movement became regular while the chant lost its first superficial excitement and began to beat like a steady pulse. Roger ceased to be a pig and became a hunter, so that the center of the ring yawned emptily.
Some of he littlest started a ring on their own; and the complementary circles went round and round as though repetition would achieve safety of itself. There was the throb and Stamp Of a single organism. The dark sky was shattered by a blue-white scar. An instant later the noise was on them like the blow of a gigantic whip. The chant rose in a tone in agony. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! ” Now out of the terror rose another desire, thick, urgent, blind. “Kill the beast!
Cut his throat! Spill his blood! ” Again the blue-white scar jagged above them and the sulfurous explosion eat down. The littlest screamed and blundered about, fleeing from the edge of the forest, and one of them broke the ring of begins in his terror. “Him! Him! ” The circle became a horseshoe. A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly. The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain. The beast stumbled into the horseshoe. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat!
The blue-white scar was constant, the noise unendurable. Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in! The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. The beast was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on the hill. The beast struggled fonder, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of the rock to the sand by the water.
At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws. Then the clouds opened and let down the rain like a waterfall. The eater bounded from the mountain-top, tore leaves and branches from the trees, poured like a cold shower over the struggling heap on the sand. Presently the heap broke up and figures staggered away. Only the beast lay still, a few yards from the sea.
Even in the rain they could see how small a beast it was; and already its blood was staining the sand. Now a great wind blew the rain sideways, cascading the water from the forest trees. On the mountain-top the parachute filled and moved; the figure slid, rose to its feet, spun, swayed down through a vastness of wet air and trod with ungainly feet he tops of the high trees; falling, still falling, it sank toward the beach and the boys rushed screaming into the darkness. The parachute took the figure forward, furrowing the lagoon, and bumped it over the reef and out to sea.
Towards midnight the rain ceased and the clouds drifted away, so that the sky was scattered once more with the incredible lamps of stars. Then the breeze died too and there was no noise save the drip and trickle of water that ran out of clefts and spilled down, leaf by leaf, to the brown earth of the island. The air was cool, moist, and clear; and presently even the sound of the water was still. The beast lay huddled on the pale beach and the stains spread, inch by inch.
The edge of the lagoon became a streak of phosphorescence which advanced minutely, as the great wave of the tide flowed. Task 1 The extract is very well written in my opinion, because Of the many language techniques used to create particular effects. Throughout this extract, emotive and descriptive language is greatly used to help set the atmosphere and the mood of the scene. As depicted in the tote, “The chant rose in a tone of agony”, the use of emotive language sets the mood and atmosphere of the scene. The shrill scream that rose before the beast was like a pain” As shown in this quote, by using emotive language it allows the reader to emotionally relate to the scene and this enhances the effect of the writing. Imagery and personification are also used to make this extract more effective. “At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. ” The imagery used is quite annalistic ND this helps en hence the atmosphere of the scene and helps the reader understand the events that are occurring.
Imagery is a very significant technique used throughout “The Lord of the Flies”, especially in this extract as it highlights the savagery of this section, ‘There were not words, and no movement but the tearing of teeth and claws”, and it also deeply contrasts it to other parts of the book, as this is a very significant section showing the transition from civil society to savagery. The use of personification creates an imaginative and philosophical effect on he story, making it seem more interesting and dramatic, it also creates a certain mood or tone when used. “Then the clouds opened and let down the rain like a waterfall.
The water bounded from the mountain-top, tore leaves and branches from the trees… ” The use of personification and simile in this quote creates a more dramatic image inside the readers head and gives the writing a more realistic effect to it. ‘The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed”. The usage of personification in this quote gives the object a better and much more powerful description it also gives the deader a more vivid image of the object Repetition is another technique that used throughout the extract to help set the mood and rhythm of the story. Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! ” This quote is repeated various times throughout the extract to create a sense of panic, urgency and tension during this section. Repetition also helps set the pace of the story and to emphasize certain points of the story. Through the use of many language techniques and their effects, William Gilding has written a very effective section.
