Many times in novels the elements of setting, mood and tone are used to extend beyond the words in a text and elaborate the reader's mind into imagining the actual events taking place. In the classic novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding utilizes the setting, mood and tone in great detail to reflect how the characters think, act and feel.

Upon a desolate tropical island, a group of boys of different characteristics get marooned when their plane crashes. Golding describes the island in a way that appeals to the reader as paradise,

"The palms that stood made a green roof, covered on the underside with a quivering tangle of reflections from the lagoon...It was clear to the bottom and bright with the efflorescence of tropical weed and coral. A school of tiny, glittering fish flicked hither and thither." (p.12)

The island itself suggests a place of wonder and relaxation. Providing the reader with the impression

During the end of the novel, Ralph, a "fair boy" (p.9) is left alone and defenseless. Jack, the leader of the hunters, forces the boys in his camp into a manhunt for Ralph; behind them trailed a fire that will eventually engulf the island.

As Simon, returns to the other boys to inform them of his encounter with the parachutist (the beast), he is mistaken for the beast and is brutally attacked. The effects of lighting, rain as well as wind aroused the sensation of rage and excitement in the boys in their slaughter.

The dead parachutist, also known as the beast, is used to foreshadow the death of Simon, a small although intellectual boy. The parachutist shows the idea of one man slaughtering another as he dies in war.

"The beast struggled forward, broke the ring and fell over the steep edge of rock to the sand by the water...The clouds opened and let down the rain like a waterfall. The water bounded from the mountain-top, tore leaves and branches from the t

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Approximate Word count = 657
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)