Lord of the Flies

William Golding's Lord of the Flies uses setting to influence mood. Storms and good weather

represent chaos and good will. Whereas the beach and the jungle has a calm and safe feeling;

the jungle is where people are over come with their emotions. In the novel Lord of the Flies

Golding uses setting to influence the mood by representing darkness as evil and light as good.

The storms and the good weather represent chaos and good will. When the passenger tube

crashed from detaching itself from the plane, people were in different places on the island and

there was a storm. "That storm dragged it out to sea. It wasn't half dangerous with all them

tree trunks falling"(9), that's when Ralph called a meeting to pick a leader. Whenever Ralph has

power there is no chaos or storms. But, when Jack because deranged the storm starts again.

Piggy says "' I don't like them clouds, remember how it rained just after we landed? Going to

rain again.'"(162). The good weather represents fun, calm, and good will. People are happy

when the weather is good; "he turned neatly on his feet, jumped down to the beach, knelt and

swept a double armful of sad into a pile against his chest. Then he sat back and looked at the

water with bright excited eyes."(112). the storms are chaos and melancholy whereas the good

weather is fun and exciting.

The jungle in Lord of the Flies represents a feeling of calm and safety. The jungle is where

people are fighting and killing. "Simon's dead body moved out towards the open sea", they are

so paranoid that the beast is real that they killed their own tribe member. Even when they kill

the pig, they are living like they're in the Stone Age, were they wouldn't wear anything and

hunt and fight for food. The beach is there place of safety. Where a boat might come and

rescue them or where there is no beast to come hurt them. It's there place of security like a

church, a place where they can always feel safe. That's why there first meet near the beach.

They knew they would be safe there and would find a way off