Lord of the Flies – Island discripition

the island discription of the island in lord of the flies

Scar: l

‘All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat.’ (1)

‘A gully, through flowers, round and down to the rock where the scar started.’ (39)

‘leaving only a fringe of palm between the scar and the sea.’ (39)

island:

“It was roughly boat-shaped: humped near this end with behind them the jumbled descent to the shore. On either side rocks, cliffs, treetops and a steep slope: forward there, the length of the boat, a tamer descent, tree-clad, with hints of pink: and then the jungly flat of the island, dense green, but drawn at the end to a pink tail. There, where the island petered out in water, was another island; a rock, almost detached, standing like a fort, facing them across the green with one bold, pink bastion” (Golding 26)

 

shore:

“The shore was fledged with palm trees. These stood or leaned or reclined against the light and their green feathers were a hundred feet up in the air” (4)

 

beach:

“The beach between the palm terrace and the water drew to a point at infinity; and always, almost invisible, was the heat” (Golding 4).

 

lagoon:

“lagoon was still as a mountain lake—blue of all shades and shadowy green and purple” (10)

 

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