The rythm of the island is described as
follows:
"the slow sing from dawn to quick dusk," which
suggests perhaps that the mornings felt slow, but as night approached, they terrors
began to come upon the boys. As the sun rises, the heat becomes something to be escaped
it "became a blow that they ducked, running to the shade and lying there, perhaps even
sleeping."
The description goes on to talk about the weird
things that happened at noon, they saw things that didn't seem real, mirages and visions
that came to the boys thanks to the incredible heat.
Then
at night they "suffered unkonw terrors... and huddled together for comfort." They
divided their days up according to the weather and the sun and the various things
appropriate to each part of the day.
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