Lord Of The Flies Chapter 9 Summary

This passage is from Chapter 9: A View to a Death. The boys are at Jack’s feast for the celebration of their first successful hunt. After the large meal, Jack invites all of Ralph’s followers to join his tribe. Most of them accept, Ralph doesn’t. As it starts to rain, Jack orders his tribe to do their wild hunting chant and dance. The boys in their wild state mistaken Simon as the beast who creeps out of the forest, and is then slaughtered by the boys. In many ways, William Golding underlines and emphasizes this passage to the audience of how shocking all round it is. At this point of the Chapter, it is the climax. Simon dies and it is the decline of the good of society. The theme and the mood suggest the importance of Simon’s death.

Golding emphasizes the use of imagery to support the theme of the passage. Golding chooses his words carefully in order to have an effect on the audience. “The flickering light became brighter and the blows of thunder were only just bearable” (pg 152) this quote suggest the mood at the beginning of the passage. From the blows of thunder, the audience has the impression of the conflict between Ralph and Jack. Thunder
The three main points are how Golding makes the mood to link with the theme, the use of the ritual and what it’s true significance is, and finally the literary devices he uses in his text. The mood of the passage is the thunder storm, from the thunder storm the theme indicates the importance of Simon’s death. As mentioned before, Simon’s death can be seen as the climax of the novel, thunder and rain links with it perfectly. The ritual is shown as a symbol of loss of reason and blind emotion; it is the symbol because it led to Simon’s death. Golding is a very talented writer, the use of literary devices is very important because it supports the theme which links with the