Fear In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

Fear and suspicion are often emotional anchors, emerging from an individual's ambition to be accepted. This desire to be recognized corresponds with the fear people associate around human judgment. The more desires one has, the greater the fear grows as those desires may not be filled. The author William Golding, discusses the idea that society protects humans from the untamed possessive nature that is wild within everyone through the use of young boys being stranded on an island and their attempt to replicate the environment of a common society. Ralph and Jack, two of the older boys who have opposing leadership values, depict the differences in the micro chasm of society on the island. As time passes and fear grows on the island, the boys

A conch shell becomes used as a means to call everyone to an “assembly” to create order and acceptance throughout the boys. This allows them to put aside their own doubts for the time being, as they have the societal protection and structure that the conch has created. Ralph is elected as leader, which causes feelings of jealousy to arise in some of the boys. Although stranded without adults or true authority figures on the island, no one is truly upholding the rules that they have made on the island. Roger starts antagonizing the littluns, he would throw rocks at them but was always aiming to miss. He is “still [feeling] the unease of wrongdoing” as if there was an adult there to punish him. He was so “conditioned by a society” to be perfect. However, Roger eventually realized he is able to taunt other kids without punishment and he becomes a menace to the other boys. As more assemblies are called by Ralph, the fear of a “beast” comes to be a common topic that inhabits the boy's minds. The fear of this “beast” takes over and some of the boys can no longer sleep at night. Ralph reminds them that “there's no beast [they have] explored the entire island,” but he is challenged by Jack feeding the fear and saying he will go hunt the beast and kill. Suddenly the order that Ralph had established on the island begins to crumble.

Without the collective establishment of belonging, inferiority rises. Jack, a self appointed fascist leader, has always been inferior to Ralph's leadership, which is rooted in his jealousy of the power that Ralph holds. He begins to hunt and loses sight of rescue or being a part of a collective group. While out hunting, instead of ensuring the signal fire stays lit, a boat passes and a chance at rescue is missed. Jack gives a very insincere apology to the group, and everything is fine for the time being. With tireless work needed to maintain survival and palpable rescue, many boys turn away from Ralph, who continues to push them to build shelters, follow the rules and now especially keep the fire going. With this continual pressure, Jack realizes the annoyance Ralph has caused and uses this to his