The mood of this novel definitely is grief and horror. Even though in the beginning the boys enjoy the freedom and has a positive mind towards the fact, as time goes on, the horror and sadness comes in. First, the isolation, then the food, then the beast, and then nothing. Like you can see from the worries they have, the focus becomes shorter, meaning that they get to worry about the things that are more and closer. As the logic goes away, at the same time, grief and horror comes in. I think the author, William Golding did a fascinating job of showing the horror by the “beast” with something so imaginary and unreal, boys show such horror emotion, showing our mental state where we cannot really think that well without someone guiding us.
In the novel, the fearful mood sneakingly approaches to the reader. The word choice becomes more dark and more frightful, such as ‘And there again, shrill and inevitable, was the ululation sweeping across the island.’
Well, I truly feel saddened about this novel anyway, because not only the boys in this novel are in these kind of wild, and unguided situation, but many others in the real world is also. Young drug dealers, little soldiers, and all the children are in these kind of danger, wanting for guidance. It is just so pitiful that these happen in real world, and I now kind of respect this guy, William Golding, for writing such a metaphoric novel that teaches us about an important portion of the world.
In the novel, the fearful mood sneakingly approaches to the reader. The word choice becomes more dark and more frightful, such as ‘And there again, shrill and inevitable, was the ululation sweeping across the island.’
Well, I truly feel saddened about this novel anyway, because not only the boys in this novel are in these kind of wild, and unguided situation, but many others in the real world is also. Young drug dealers, little soldiers, and all the children are in these kind of danger, wanting for guidance. It is just so pitiful that these happen in real world, and I now kind of respect this guy, William Golding, for writing such a metaphoric novel that teaches us about an important portion of the world.
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I definitely thought the mood of the story was grief and horror, too. There is a good point about when you wrote, 'William Golding did a fascinating job of showing the horror by the “beast” with something so imaginary and unreal, boys show such horror emotion, showing our mental state where we cannot really think that well without someone guiding us.' We have our parents and other adults to guide us, we actually don't have to worry about the consequence of getting insane in a wild jungle. Yes, but we do have a possibility to become wild. So let's be thankful that we have our adults to lead us in a right way. Beware, we might become wild and rough than beasts.
I like how you described the mood of the book. Sure, the mood is densely horrorific and shows grief a lot towards the end. The creepiest thing about the novel is that while the savage instinct of the boys is very unusual to us, you can't say that it is unnatural.
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