In the Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, there is a distinct correlation between the description of the island and the boys slowly turn into savages. As Ralph, Jack and Simon all climbed to the top of the mountain of the island they saw, “a blue flower… and the overflow hung down the vent and spilled lavishly among the canopy of the forest. The air was thick with butterflies, lifting, fluttering, settling” (Golding 28). The island in this setting is describing a photo of peacefulness, and beauty. Simon would go on to say, “That’s a reef. A coral reef. I’ve seen pictures like that” (Golding 29). Coral reefs are a common focal point at resorts because of the diversity in plant and fish that create a beautiful world. Coral reefs are dying off from the pollutions that humans have emitted, meaning that the island and the ocean nearby are untouched by all outside pollution adding to the belief that the island is a beautiful place. …show more content…
Golding illustrates the island, almost like a paradise, untouched by all human contact, except when the boys first arrived on the island, they had already created a scar across the island, giving a sense that the island is alive, and has already been damaged on the first day with human contact. The boys when they first landed on the island are innocent and pure of war because of their age, but the lack of rules and regulations would cause them to change. When Ralph was walking on the island for the first time, Golding described his eyes as “eyes that proclaimed no devil” (Golding 10). The first character that we meet is described as devil free, innocent, this would soon change such as the description of the