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Short And Short Devices In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

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The author of the Lord of the Flies uses short and long sentences in his writing. For example Golding writes, “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”(5). The style of the author’s word choice is short and simple. The tone the author uses is loose and casual. An example of this is, “ Ralph took the shell from Piggy and a little water ran down his arm” (Golding 14). The tone is simple and relaxed with no sense of anger or worriment. The author uses slang terms in the dialogue to make it seem more realistic. For example Ralph says, “Sucks to your ass-mar”(Golding 10). It adds realism to the dialogue because that is how kids would say a word if they did not know how to say it instead of asthma Ralph said ass-mar. Later on they also say Samneric instead of Sam and Eric. A kid would do this to shorten it up. The author uses great descriptive words to describe the scenery such as the sights, the sounds, and the smells. He uses these words to appeal to the senses of the reader to get the reader engaged in what is going on. All of these things come together to form the style of the author William Golding. Here are five memorable quotes from the book Lord of the Flies. A quote that I remember from the book is, “I got the conch”(Golding 112). The reasoning behind this quote being memorable is it was mentioned several times during the meetings the boys had. The person who had the conch had the authority to speak, but every time Piggy had the conch they would not listen. The conch also lead to the boys disputing and breaking up into different tribes. The second quote is, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”(Golding 213). That was the chant the boys used when they went hunting. It raised their terror and desire at the same time. The third quote, “‘We’ve got to keep it going.’ Eric flung himself down. ‘I’m too tired. And what’s the good?’”(Golding 229). The significance of this is to be rescued and the smoke serves as a signal. This is also when they were few of them left and it was hard to keep the fire going. The fire was most important to these few, and hunting was more important to Jack and the

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