The quote to the left can be found at the end of Chapter 3 of the book The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding. Simon, a kindhearted young boy in the group of lost boys, decides to take a walk into the jungle by himself. On his way there, he is amazed by the jungle's beauty. The narrator states the quote as a way of expressing how Simon was feeling. I chose this quote because it reveals Simon's natural connection to nature. Simon is the only character who tone and mood changes whenever he is talked about. Simon is my favorite character and I give mad props to Golding for making him a character who you grow to love a lot. The quote contains examples of imagery of sight, as you can picture the sun setting  metaphors, which emphasizes the visuals, and hyperboles, which adorn, brightens, and soften the tone for Simon. 

Analysis: Golding has given the character of Simon a quality that makes nature welcoming to him. Compared to the other characters, who relationship to nature is forced and harsh, the narrator's diction of Simon and nature allow those who look deeper to safely conclude he has free spirited and is the only one who is clean at heart. Simon although has many similarities with personas from the Bible. Not only does Simon have the same helping characteristic and name as Simon the Apostle who helped Jesus carried his cross, but resembles Jesus himself since just like Jesus, Simon wondered into the woods and seen nature through a unique perspective. Analyzers should also notice he is the ending of Chapter 3, a number closely related to Jesus representing The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost.

At the start of Chapter 2 of The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, Ralph is faced with a huge problem of convincing the other kids that no monster exists on the island they crashed upon. During one of Ralph's assembly, a young boy with a mark on his face steps forward and asks Ralph what the big kids were going to do about the "beastie". Ralph tries to explain the group of the logical reasons why a monster could and does not exist on the island. The narrator than states the uncertainty in the minds of the young. The excerpt shows it. I chose this quote because this is the first moment that the beast is introduced into the plot. The beast in the story is both a biblical allusion to the devil, both in the book of Revelations and the snake in Genesis, and symbolic of how our innate savagery is similar to an untamed beast. Both interpretation clearly highlights how scared one should be.

Analysis:  In this quote, the dilemma of convincing the group of their security is analogous to how security is a major demand in a society. The boys on the island replicated every single aspect of civilization, which includes the need of feeling secured, but because the fear they have to the beast, which undermines their feeling of security, represents the fear we have of not having control of our nature. At any moment we can forget our morals and act upon our evil instincts. 

In the middle of Chapter 1 of The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, the antagonist is established. The quote given here was said by the narrator, which reports the story though a third person-omniscient point of view. When Ralph and Piggy attempt to have an assembly with their dispersed school-acquaintances, an all-male choir is introduced. Their entrance is detailed by the quote. I chose this excerpt from the book because the mood for the introduction of the antagonist, Jack Merridew, is set. Within this quote, there are multiple examples of imagery. We have a lot of descriptive words that depicts Jack and his choir in a sinister, evil way. The mood and connotation of these words foreshadows what roles both Jack and his choir will take within the boys. The fact that Jack is member of a choir and it's introduced as evil and an animal adds a hint of situational irony as choirs are closely associated with Religion, like angels, which always have a positive bright mood and tone.

Analysis: The animalistic entrance of Jack is referring to Jack's metamorphosis to a complete savage later on in the story. This quote gives the audience a taste of the concept of the dual nature inside of humans that Golding based his novel upon.  Humans can be either civil or savage. The ending of the mystery the quote ends with, "mostly clothing", is symbolic of how savagery is disguised within civilization, making them easy to confuse with each other just like Jack was easily confused with a creature in the darkness. 

In Chapter 1 of The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding, the audience is first introduce to one of the major symbols in the plot, the conch. The quote to the right  was said at the beginning of the plot by Piggy, a young intelligent boy who struggles with his body image. After a plane crash to an unknown island, Piggy realizes his school classmates are scattered  throughout this island and tells the protagonist, Ralph, to use the found conch as a horn to summon all the kids together. I chose this quote because the connection to Piggy's past experience of someone using a conch as a horn allowed the plot to flow fluently. If it wasn't for this connection, the kids would not have been reunited. The quote contains the rhetorical devices of foreshadowing, as one can predict the conch will be used this way even though it's not stated, and diction, as some words are contracted and spelled peculiarly to show Piggy's British nationality through his dialect. 

Analysis: Golding is very ambiguous through out his plot, which is part of his style, but selects specific characters and dialogues as places to put clues that will help his audience understand the plot better. The dialogue between Piggy and Ralph is placed at the start of the rising action and by placing the English slang in his quote, Golding was able to maintain the suspense but indirectly characterize Piggy. Also, the quote emphasizes Piggy's keenness, his most predominant characteristic, and brings out the theme, unity is a crucial trait of civilization, through the symbolic interpretation of reuniting the lost kids by the use of a conch.