HW 2/13/12

In the third passage, Golding uses symbolism with the officer that had just arrived on the island. The officer symbolizes the innocence of mankind, upon arriving the officer was quite optimistic and appeared to think that a couple of kids could not do any bodily harm to each other: "Nobody killed, I hope? Any dead bodies?" when Ralph answers that two had died the officer exclaims and asks the boy assuredly, surprised that two young boys were actually killed. Later on he assumes that they could've done a better job, not knowing the terror the boys had gone through the past. "I should have that that a pack of British boys... would have been able to put up a better show than that.." Golding uses the officer as a symbol of how most people would've reacted upon seeing these children, and how protected society is now from the true terrors that would be faced if our technology and sanity was stripped from us.

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Analyze pg. 31

In this passage imagery is widely used. "They found a piglet caught in a curtaing of creepers, throwing itself at the elastic traces in all the madness of extreme terror. Its voice was thing, needle-sharp, insistent". The effect of the use of this literary device creates and sets a mood for the reader allowing them to clearly visualize the situation. This makes it better to understand the situation, which is a dark and gloomy part of the story.