The grim word choice, uptight tone, and dramatic phrases create suspenseful foreshadowing of a disaster surrounding Piggy. William Golding provided his readers with solid evidence from a Lord of The Flies excerpt, giving insights on the upcoming disaster. It was learned through the passage, about an upcoming disaster that carry on throughout the story, enhancing the overall theme of the text. Grim word choice portrays a harsh setting, foreshadowing catastrophe in the near future. Immediately starting off with a grim word, “menace,” meaning a person or thing that is likely to cause harm or be a threat of danger. Filling readers with fear of tragedy. Also by describing the conch as, “fragile,” gives readers a reason to believe the conch is part of the…show more content… All through the passage the tone is rather tense, producing a sense of disarray. It was a tense time within the groups that are now split, and Jack seemingly makes his group out to be more superior than the other. “Jack had backed against his tribe...bristled with spears,” indicating Jack has a much bigger and tougher group, while Piggy and Ralph are left to fend for themselves. Along with the readiness to fight the storm is causing commotion between the boys, revealing tension that may lead to harm. It was very clear that Jack believed himself to be in complete control, for he was “yelling and Ralph could no longer make himself hear.” Jack we being very harsh at this point, and a feeling of misfortune ahead. As the passage continues, Ralph and PIggy are now surrounded by the opposing group of boys when all of the sudden, Rodger was above and felt, “a sense of delirious abandonment.” Proving Jack to be an outrageous leader, Rodger made it seem as if he was feeling left out from what is provent to be the superior group. Readers immediately believe disaster is awaiting the boys because of the uptight tone created through the
