Fear -Each one of us has ever experience fear, and that is something that the characters in William Golding’s, “the Lord of the flies”, frequently illustrate. Fear takes three major forms within the novel; the beast as the symbol of fear, the characters’ personal attitudes toward fear, and finally the truth about fear. -Fear is depicted both at the beginning, middle and end of the novel in the following ways: • When Jack uses Ralph’s fear of the beast in order to receive help for his leadership so that he can create his tribe. • The boys kill Simon after they think that he was the Beast and they were always afraid of the beast. • Ralph decided to move the fire to the beach because of the great fear of the beast thought to be at the top of …show more content…
Symbols “The Beast” -From the start of the novel, Golding uses the idea of the beast to promote fear within the lives of the boys. The boys call it “beastie”. It is clear in the novel that the boys aren’t sure about the nature of the beast. They don’t know whether it originates from the sea, air or the wood. They keep suspecting, wondering and engulfed with fear while being unable to tell a fixed vision of this dreadful beast that threatens their security on the island. -The climax of fear is illustrated when Eric and Sam confirm to the rest of the boys that they have seen the beast on top of the mountain. In Chapter 2 page 35, “He says he saw the beastie, the snake-thing, and will it come back tonight?” (Golding 35). In the above quote, the whole concept of “the beast” is brought by a Littlun. Regardless of how much Ralph tries to alleviate their fears concerning the snake-thing, the group of boys still hold their fear. This shows that the boys become more savage. In Chapter 5 page …show more content…
While the boys have a discussion of the beast, the smart Piggy attempts to convince them that it is very difficult for the beast to exist because it has nothing to eat. However, their response illustrates that there is an evil nature in their minds. It is this evil nature that has a direct impact on the inner fear that the boys have. Characters in the novel closely related to the theme Ralph-He denies the existence of the beast by saying, “But there isn’t a beastie!” (Golding 35). Jack-Shows fears of savagery when he says, “There isn’t a snake-thing. But if there was a snake we’d hunt it and kill it.” (Golding 35). Piggy-he denies the existence of a beast when he says, “I know there isn’t no beast […] but I know there isn’t no fear, either […] unless we get frightened of people.” (Golding 90). Simon-Rejects the existence of a physical beast when he says, “maybe there is a beast […] maybe it’s only us.” (Golding 95-96). How this theme relates to life today? In the present world we still experience fear, and this fear determines the way we react or act in certain conditions. Many of us when we step in an environment where we are the odd ones either in our appearance or language we get scared to speak and interact with the people of that