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Blame For Deaths In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

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Young kids are usually innocent. That is if they are taken care of and taught well. They do not cause any harm at all. But what if they were alone? Nobody there to take care of them but themselves. This is explored in the novel Lord of the Flies. Lord of the Flies is a young adult fiction novel written by William Golding. Its plot is about many boys crashing on a mysterious island where no adults are present. At first, they create a community, but it goes bad fast as they deal with many things. Morality and fear are responsible for the demise of the island.

Morality and fear are to blame for the deaths. Some people may think that Jack or Roger is to blame because they are the kids who lead the savage tribe that killed Simon and Piggy. They do these actions while screaming, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” This claim is false, though. When you are that young, you simply cannot be blamed for things like this. When fear is put into a child, you discover the violence in them. William Golding says, “When people are afraid, they discover the violence within them and when they are afraid together, they discover that the violence within them can be bottomless.” That is what is so insane about fear. …show more content…

According to a quote from Jack, “If there were a beast, I would have seen it. Be frightened because you are like that-but there is no beast in the forest.” Throughout the book there is a fear of a beast, and it causes chaos. It caused people to be afraid, and it caused the first “death” in the book when the kid with the Mulberry mark went missing. Simon says, “Maybe there is no beast, maybe it's only us.” What Simon is trying to say is that while they are fearing an imaginary beast, it is causing them to turn into monsters. Lastly, Fear causes them to kill Simon. They turn savage, and they go insane. They claim Simon is the beast, and they kill him because of it. You also must consider

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