“Lord of the Flies” – Island Description

Lagoon– “Within the irregular arc of coral the lagoon was still as a mountain lake—blue of all shades and shadowy green and purple” (Golding 10).

Scar– “The undergrowth at the side of the scar was shaken and a multitude of raindrops fell pattering” (Golding 6).

Beach– “perspectives of palm and beach and water drew to a point at infinity” (Golding 10).

Fruit Trees– “Flower and fruit grew together on the same tree and everywhere was the scent of ripeness and the booming of a million bees at pasture” (Golding 77).

Mountain– “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” (Golding 21).

Coral Reef– “the white surf flinked on a coral reef, and beyond that the open sea was dark blue” (Golding 10).

Cliff– “The pink granite of the next cliff was further back from the creepers and trees so that they could trot up the path” (Golding 36).

Shape Of 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 38).

Platform– “pink granite thrust up uncompromisingly through forest and terrace and sand and lagoon to make a raised jetty four feet high. The top of this was covered with a thin layer of soil and coarse grass and shaded with young palm trees” (Golding 13).

Site of Signal Fire– “Trees, forced by the damp heat, found too little soil for full growth, fell early and decayed: creepers cradled them, and new saplings searched a way up” (Golding 53).