Lord of the Flies - setting

William Golding never gives specific location of the island, but he describes it well. The island really made them think like they were really in the war and that made the boys wilder. Maybe if they were in the city they probably had more consciousness and not lose all their innocence, but it wasn’t all about the surroundings. It was really themselves that led to the fall of their innocence, sanity, and civilization. The setting that is memorable to me is the top of the mountain where they set the fire to be rescued. Many things had happened in that place. Kids had seen beast at the top of the mountain which was actually injured pilot with parachute. That created a boundary and made them not wanted to come. Finally, they had to move the place to set a fire. That was the place of hope but later it changed it to place of horror.

I also like the place where they had a meeting. The place was mysterious but it’s the place where all the ideas came together to make progress in their society. First, the meetings were held well and everybody respected each other. They listen to others opinions and they tried to make it better. But more they held the meetings no one really took it seriously; they took it as part of their play. The meetings were more like small version of battle. They fought to get a control over conch so they can talk during the meeting. Most of the times, it was a joke and noting was achieved.