The tone of Lord of the Flies is fairly aloof, creating a sense of removal from the events. The boys on the island generally treat each other with a lack of sympathy, and, similarly, the overall tone of the book expresses neither shock nor sympathy toward what happens. Events such as the deaths of Simon and Piggy are related in matter-of-fact detail: “Piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back across the square red rock in the sea. His head opened, and stuff came out and turned red.” The tone here is resigned, expressing no surprise at the violent death of one of the main characters. The sense is that the deaths are as inevitable as the tide: “Then the sea breathed again in a long, slow sigh, the water boiled white and pink over the rock; and when it went, sucking back again, the body of Piggy was gone.” By focusing on the natural world in the immediate aftermath of the death, instead of the boys, Golding distances the reader from the emotion of the scene, but his precise details about what Piggy’s broken body looks like impart a sense of horror and disgust.
Throughout the novel, Golding’s tone suggests the island itself is as responsible for what happens as the boys. Golding’s tone when describing nature is anxious and distrustful. He personifies nature as a violent, vengeful force. The heat becomes “a blow that (the boys) ducked.” The trees rub together “with an evil speaking.” The tide is a “sleeping leviathan” and the sea boils “with a roar.” Clouds “squeezed, produced moment by moment this close, tormenting heat.” Evening comes, “not with calm beauty but with the threat of violence.” The boys are presented as almost as vulnerable to the forces of nature as to each other, sustaining the tone of justified fear. Nature is a destructive force that elicits the boys’ most savage natures. Their growing discomfort and unease with the effects of nature, as expressed by Ralph’s disgust at his filthy clothes, overgrown hair, and unbrushed teeth, heighten the tone of anxiety.
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The 4th sentence makes it more dramatic and you the idea when your reading it
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This line is considered a synedoche in poetry which is a figure of speech in which a part of something represents the whole. This line is from "Casey at the Bat" and in this saying it means he has 5,000 fans watching him and cheering, which is 10,000 eyeballs. The 'tongues' are referring to the fans.
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The correct answers are A. When the dress code goes into effect; B. How students can voice their opinions and D. Why the principal made this decision
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In writing, it is important to include ideas that are directly related to the topic and avoid ideas that are not related to the topic or focus. In the case of writing about a new policy of wearing school uniforms, it is important to include details about such as the date this will start, the specific design of the uniform, the reasons for the policy, and the consequences of not following it. Also, because the policy is new it is important to let students know how to communicate their opinion about it.
Therefore, it is important to explain "when the dress code goes into effect"; "why the principal made this decision" and "how students can voice their opinions" as these are directly related to the topic, while others such as what to do with their regular clothes or how clothes are made are not necessary for this topic.
