Imagery

Imagery is descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures. It is created by details that appeal to one or more of the five senses. Imagery is used frequently in the novel "Lord of the Flies," by William Golding. The author often describes the situation that either Ralph, Piggy, or Simon are in, in great detail. For example on Page 8 William Golding uses imagery to describe how the main characters got onto the island. 

    "He must have flown off after he dropped us. He couldn't land here; not in a plane with wheels."

    "We was attacked!"

    "He'll be back all right."

    The fat boy shook his head. 

    "When we was coming down I looked through on of them windows. I saw the other part of the plane. There were flames coming out of it."

    He looked up and down the scar. 

    "And this is what the cabin done."

    The fair boy reached out and touched the jagged end of a trunk. For a moment he looked interested. 

    "What happened to it?" he asked. "Where's it got to now?"

    "That storm dragged it out to sea. It wasn't half dangerous with all them tree trunks falling. There must have been some kids still in it."

    This passage gave me a pretty good idea on how the plane had crashed. 

    William Golding also describes the island that Ralph, Piggy, and Simon are on in great detail, almost so you can get a sense of what the main characters are going through.  William Golding gives a description of the island on page 12. 

    "Here the beach was interrupted by the square motif of the landscape; a great platform of 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 think layer of soil and course grass and shaded with young palm trees."