Q Text Analysis Questions for Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Be sure to proofread your answers and be
prepared to share. Use evidence from the text whenever appropriate.
1. Consider how the island is described at the opening of the chapter. We read that "the sun gaze[s]
down like an angry eye” and that at dusk the "darkness drop[s] on the island like an extinguisher."
What mood is Golding trying to establish? What do you suppose the island symbolizes?