Lord of the Flies: Examine Goldings methods of writing in the last three paragraphs of Chapter Nine

The end of chapter 9 is very different to the rest of the allegory, both in the style it is written and in what Golding is trying to picture about serviceman nature.My first impressions of this extract are how different Goldings style of writing is he is much more poetic, mythical way the clear water supply mirrored the clear sky. The rest of the novel is written in much more of a matter-of-fact style, through the eyes of one of the early(a) boys, however still in third person.The way he uses adjectives such as inaudible create a sense of calmness and silence, which is a coarse contrast to the killing scene just before the noise was unendurable. This is perhaps to represent the calm, quiet spirituality of Simons nature, and show how he is a one thousand million miles away from the other boys, who made so much noise. It could also represent the fact that Simon is now alone, both physically and metaphorically as he is the lonesome(prenominal) one who knows the truth.Golding al so creates an almost superhuman element to Simon, making Simon godlike or giving him the air of a Saint dressed Simons course whisker with brightness. This is interesting as it is something he was made a point of not doing elsewhere in the novel. He has made a point of screening how fragile human nature is- Ralph, cradling the conch, rocked to and fro, here showing Ralphs emotional breakdown after participating in a murder, and shown the other boys to have regressed to become infrahuman savages, in opposition to Simon becoming almost angelic.Throughout the novel Golding has also used the island as a microcosm of the real world, and towards the end of the extract he goes against this thinking and describes the world beyond in great detail itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations. I think the fact he describes this in so much detail is important, he is clearly trying to make a point of it the fact the death of Simon is such a huge human tragedy, but yet when comp ared to the enormity of the natural world it pales in insignificance.Even though the novel at first seems pessimistic, and hard to believe the author was a Christian, I disagree. When Golding writes Simons dead body moved out to sea, I think he is showing that amongst all the injustices in the world, those with faith and spirituality (as I think Simon is meant to represent the spiritual aspect of human nature) will go to a better place away from the horror of the world. I think the novel perhaps has a subtle underlying Christian message.You can see throughout that Golding has been very crafting in how he uses techniques to explain the importance of Simons death in the novel, and the important differences between Simon and the other boys, and the fact Simon has not turned savage. The language he has used to show this is not typical of the rest of the novel however the symbolism is.