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Style is a writer’s characteristic way of writing his or her choice of words, sentence structure, and use of imagery and figurative language. For example, one writer might coin new words, write in long rhythmic sentences and create striking images and metaphors. Another writer may use sentences that are very straight forward and very precise in diction. Still others may create episodes that are so poignant that a reader has difficulty putting them from …

…slow change from “civilized” to “savage,” in which the boys were becoming. However, this is truly evident in the “man-hunt” scene, when the boys are doing whatever they can do to kill Ralph. When the boys make this transition, the reader realizes that Golding thinks that all people are morally good, but politics and leaders corrupt them. This scene helps lead to the dramatic conclusion of Ralph almost getting killed and the boys getting rescued.