One of the first ways that Golding builds tension is carried over from the end of chapter 5. Percival's nightmare clearly foreshadows something negative happening. The violence of the fighter planes high above the island, unbeknownst to the boys, adds to the building tension. Following the explosion, the dead body of one pilot slowly drifting down to the island and getting hung up on the mountain top where he will be seen by the boys...
One of the first ways that Golding builds tension is carried over from the end of chapter 5. Percival's nightmare clearly foreshadows something negative happening. The violence of the fighter planes high above the island, unbeknownst to the boys, adds to the building tension. Following the explosion, the dead body of one pilot slowly drifting down to the island and getting hung up on the mountain top where he will be seen by the boys manning the signal fire continues to build the tension.
Then Golding switches back to Samneric, slowly waking up and desperately trying to coax the fire back to life, totally unaware of the body of the pilot swaying back and forth in the wind. This brush with death, deposited on the island by the violence and war that exists in the larger world is an important step as the boys move towards their own savage violence of purposeful killing.
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