Lord of the Flies- Island Description

(The following are quotes based on the setting of Lord of the Flies)

Shape of the island

“It was roughly boat-shaped: humped near this end with behind them the jumbled descent to the shore.”

Physical appearance of the island

“A deep, harsh note boomed under the palms, spread through the intricacies of the forest and echoed back from the pink granite of the mountain.”

Different spots on the island

“Simon turned away from them and went where the just perceptible path led him.”

The home of the “beastie”

“They swarmed across the bridge and soon were climb- ing and shouting.”

Where the shelters are built

“The first thing we ought to have made was shelters down there by the beach.”

Scar on the island

““there were the splintered trunks and then the drag, leaving only a fringe of palm between thescar and the sea.”

Jungle

“Trees, forced by the damp heat, found too little soil for full growth, fell early and decayed: creepers cra- dled them, and new saplings searched a way up.”

what covers the island

“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” (38)

Where Piggy  and Ralph find the conch

“Ralph had stopped smiling and was pointing into the lagoon. Something
creamy lay among the ferny weeds.” (Pg. 18)

The reef

“The reef enclosed more than one side of the island, lying perhaps a mile out and parallel to what they now thought of as their beach” (38)

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