Camren Smith Ms. Secker May 1, 2023 Style Analysis Essay Revision In the passage from chapter 9 of Lord of the Flies, Golding uses detail and figurative language to illustrate the growth of savage behavior demonstrated by the boys, just moments before Simon’s death. First, Golding uses detail in order to portray the boy’s growing savagery before the shocking and brutal moments of Simon’s death. In this passage, Golding had set an eerie mood by the addition of an intimidating storm and the reactions of the boys: “A wave of restlessness set the boys swaying and moving aim-lessly”. By using the words restlessness and aim-lessly, Golding suggests that the boys were anxious and unable to remain still. This was in response to a wave of madness brought by the storm. The diction Golding uses helps …show more content…
Conclusively, this allows the reader to better understand the tension building up in the air, as well as the growing savagery of the boys and the events leading up to the brutal moments of Simon’s death. Furthermore, the detail Golding utilizes portrays the message that the moments leading up to Simon’s death grew more and more savage. Throughout the storm, the boys had become so wild it had driven them mad. Just moments before their interactions with the beast, they had become so reckless they could no longer contain themselves. Detail was expressed when Golding said that the boys were very eager to participate in the horrific events before Simon’s death: “...Under the threat of the sky, [they] found themselves eager to take a place in this demented…society”. To behave wildly and irrationally on account of anger, distress, or excitement is what it means to be demeted. The detail that is used to portray the growth of savage behavior leading up to the moments before Simon’s death, gives the reader a better understanding by building this crazed outlook on the society and mindset the boys have created for