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Lord of the Flies Chapter 3 Explication

1. Summary
The chapter starts out with Jack carrying a makeshift spear with which he
follows a pig, but is angry with it evading him. He then walks back to the
beach and meets up with Ralph. Ralph is angry that the huts he is building
are falling and that none of the other boys except Simon helps. Ralph whines
about his situation, while Jack whines about his. They both get into a heated
debate over whose problem is more important and take a bath to ease out
the situation. Simon on the other hand is helping some little boys get their
desired fruits and ventures into a dense part of the jungle, where he looks
around to confirm his loneliness and enjoys the beautiful scenery.
2. Diction Analysis
Golden Line Ralph surveyed the wreck with distaste. (Golding 50).
a. Analysis
In the above statement, Golding wants the reader to understand the
dislike portrayed by Ralph when the shelter he builds falls down.
Nevertheless, Golding decided to use distaste over dislike, a more
commonly used word, in the above statement. This hints a significance
to this word, as in distaste adds a stronger depth to the term dislike
over just the term dislike. Moreover, both the words hold a negative
denotation.
3. Figurative Language
a. Golden Line
Darkness poured out, submerging the ways
between the trees till they were dim and strange as the bottom of the
sea. (Golding 57).
b. Context
Simon finds a beautiful part of the jungle, that is covered with leaves
and flower. He looks around to check that he is alone and sits down to
enjoy the scenery. In the scenery, the sun is setting down in the island
and all the animal life are returning to their houses, with their sounds
dimming down in the background.
c. Analysis
With the help of the above statement, Golding displays the scenery of
the jungle to his readers. He uses a huge number of adjective and
adverbs to describe this scenery. He also invokes an image to the
reader. This proves to be a use of imagery. The use of imagery helps
the reader get a better understanding of the jungle and how it would
look were it to exist in real life.
Lord of the Flies Chapter 4 Explication
1. Summary
Towards the start of the chapter, the inhabitants of the island are having a
normal day. This is accompanied by nightmare and visions, that scare the
little boys. The eating of fruits during the day also causes some indigestion
effects to some of the boys. One of the older boys, named Roger teams up

with another older boy named Maurice and demolish a sand castle built by
the little boys. Roger even goes as far as to throw stones at them, but makes
sure the stones he threw did not fall on any of the boys. Ralph and Piggy see
a ship and then look at the signal fire to see it blown out. Ralph then gets
angry at the hunters as its their job to keep the fire going. Meanwhile, Jack
has caught a pig and killed it with his hunters and returns to the beach to
show off his pride. He and his group also do not care about Ralphs quarrels
about the signal fire gone out. Piggy brings about the immaturity of the
hunters and is answered back with a slap from Jack, and a broken lens of his
glass. Ralph and Jack get into a furious conversation after which Jack admits
to his fault and apologizes to him but not to Piggy. Ralph then goes with Piggy
to light the fire back with his glasses. The boys then cook the pig in the fire
and the hunters enjoy their kill by singing around the fire. Ralph says that he
is calling for a meeting and goes off into the mountains alone.
2. Diction Analysis
a. Golden Line "no one had any difficulty in recognizing biguns at one
end and littluns at the other." (Golding 59)
b. Analysis
Golding in the above statement decides to rename the little boys to a
new name as in littluns. This rename can be a move that is the
extended use of the same generic terms little boys. Golding chooses
this term to shorten the previously used term and continue his novel
going forward with littluns to give the reader a new feeling to a
generally used term that he uses often due to the setting of the novel.
This invocation of a new feeling calls for a positive connotation.
3. Figurative Language
a. Golden Line Before these fantastically attractive flowers of violet
and red and yellow, unkindness melted away. (Golding 73)
b. Context
Before this moment Ralph and Jack were verbally battling each other
on the cause of the fire dying out and the ship passing by. But as soon
as the meat starts to roast in on the fire, Ralph is drawn to it
uncontrollably. He tries to restrain himself but his anger just melts
away, due to his raw diet of fruits and nuts until that moment.
c. Analysis
In the above statement Golding uses hyperbole and imagery to portray
his feeling to the group. He uses emotions to bring out the image of
the new change in scenery, from commotion to mouthwatering
harmony. The over explain of the situation helps the reader get a
better view of the situation and feel the change from verbal abuse to
happy sharing of roasted meat.