Setting Quotes

Question 1

Island

Answer 1

‘great rock loitered’
‘the sun’s enmity.’
-enables the innate evil of the boys to be exposed
-mirrors how olding would’ve viewed the war, and how he saw it bring out the savage side in people

Question 2

Crash Sight

Answer 2

‘the scar’- caused by distruction
‘[Piggy’s] knees were plump, caught and scratchedby thorns’- Jesus like imagery, foreshadows what’s to come, and hints that the island isn’t as nice as may seem
-shows how Golding would’ve viewed the battle field

Question 3

Beach

Answer 3

‘the creature stepped from the mirage on to clear sand’
‘undid the snake-clasp of his belt.’
‘skull-like coconuts’
-mirrors the boys decent into savagery

Question 4

Huts

Answer 4

‘a rude shelter that faced the lagoon, and seemed very near to falling down’
-represent civilisation: when all the boys helped it was sturdy, but the one only a few of them built was ‘tottery’

Question 5

Platform

Answer 5

‘thrust uncompromisingly through the forest’
‘this meeting musn’t be fun, it’s business’
-its were democracy happens

Question 6

Mountain

Answer 6

‘some unknown force had wrenched and shattered these cubes’

• place of hope
• location of first death

Question 7

Lagoon

Answer 7

• scene of beauty
• play and have fun there
• where they all first meet

Question 8

Castle Rocks

Answer 8

‘Below him, Ralph was a sgock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat’- from castle rocks he doesnt see humans just objects
‘a rock, almost detached, standing like a fort’
‘the conch shattered into a million pieces’
-the way Ralph and Jack react to it reflects there leadership styles

Question 9

Pig Run

Answer 9

‘vivid drops of blood’

• is beautiful, has ‘bright flowers and butterflies’, yet it’s the path to savagery
• events such as killing the pig, Jack first uses face paint, and Simon has his seizure