Fear In Lord Of The Flies
In the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the pig's head on a stick may just be a slaughtered sow, but it represents fear on many different levels; the boys are so fearful of the creatures that lurk in the night, but it is solely in their imagination. There are other fears of the boys that are real such as, the fear of Jack’s authority, an underlying fear of will they be stuck on the island, and they silently fear the possibility that life will never return to the way it was before. The boys don’t speak freely about their underlying fears so they drag their attention on an imaginary worry. The Lord of the Flies represents fear on the island the overall darkness of the island and humanity as a whole. The boys are completely stranded
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on an island and forced to survive on their own, and make their own decisions. These boys struggle to escape from the darkness in humanity and in themselves; Simon makes a statement that the people on the island completely disregarded; that the possibility of the beastie could actually be, the being of evil in humanity. The boys struggle with the probability of their fears, they don’t understand the way fears can control your mind.
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The boys in Lord of the Flies create imaginary fear, of a beast.
They make the fear of a beast on the island their biggest priority. Far wiser than his peers, Simon knows that these boys should only be frightened of the evil in humanity, but he can’t articulate his knowledge on what the beast really is. In reaction to that, the rest of the boys think he is foolish, to think of such a topic. When Simon confronts the child’s worst fears head on, in a hallucination due to dehydration and also an unknown health issue, he gets confirmation from the pig's head on a stick (Lord of the Flies). But all of his knowledge that was deemed incorrect by the half-witted boys on the island, The Lord of the Flies confirms all of Simon's knowledge as correct, “Fancy thinking the beast was something you hunt and kill! … You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I am the reason why it’s a no go? Why things are the way they are? ” (143). The Lord of the Flies is everything the boys fear. He tells Simon that he is the beastie in slighter terms,which in turn shows that he is the evil in the boys, and the fear that the boys feel; The sow is created by the ferocious half witted boys, so it makes sense that when the sow speaks of the the evil in the boys ,it also includes the evil in him too. This slaughtered sow created by the burtail boys shows that the only thing to fear is humanity, and in fact there isn’t a beastie that you can hunt down and kill because the true evil is in
everyone on the island; and that there is a choice to show their true evil, when nobody is watching; or not.
The boy’s in the novel have a tremendous fear of Jacks authority but they wouldn't dare to confront him about it because he supplies meat and ‘fun”, even though the boys like Ralph as a leader they wouldn’t go behind Jack for the means of their survival, And that they are afraid of him physically. He is much larger than the younger one and because he is an authority figure, he can boss others around to do harm to anyone that disobeys his authority; the younger weaker boys are in a difficult situation, they need Jack to get food because they can’t sustain on just fruit. It’s also a bonus for Jack because the younger ones feel safer from the monsters that lurk, Jack has made it clear he is a hunter. The boys that follow with Jack’s authority may feel safe from their imaginary monsters.But they soon fear their safety with Roger on Jack's side, Roger is willing to harm others and feel no sort of discomfort or discomposure. Ralph at first doesn't fear his safety until Jack gathers all of his boys to hunt down and kill him. When hiding from the group of boys searching for him, Ralph stumbles upon The Lord of the Flies and it angers him. “ The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers and won’t tell. A sick fear and rage swept him…”(185) This skull of the pig brings so much emotion to Ralph; because he finally realizes the evil of his peers. Ralph tries to break the skull that represents the fear and darkness of the island. The skull of the sow only breaks into two pieces and he ends up with bruised knuckles, The skull breaking into two illuminates the ideas of the evil and good in the text. When the Lord of the Flies says, “He is in all of us”, this ignites the idea of the good of Simon's character traits and the bad of Jack's character traits. This idea is considered on a greater scale of the world and humanity as a whole, because their is good and bad in everyone.
on an island and forced to survive on their own, and make their own decisions. These boys struggle to escape from the darkness in humanity and in themselves; Simon makes a statement that the people on the island completely disregarded; that the possibility of the beastie could actually be, the being of evil in humanity. The boys struggle with the probability of their fears, they don’t understand the way fears can control your mind.
Body paragraph #1
The boys in Lord of the Flies create imaginary fear, of a beast.
They make the fear of a beast on the island their biggest priority. Far wiser than his peers, Simon knows that these boys should only be frightened of the evil in humanity, but he can’t articulate his knowledge on what the beast really is. In reaction to that, the rest of the boys think he is foolish, to think of such a topic. When Simon confronts the child’s worst fears head on, in a hallucination due to dehydration and also an unknown health issue, he gets confirmation from the pig's head on a stick (Lord of the Flies). But all of his knowledge that was deemed incorrect by the half-witted boys on the island, The Lord of the Flies confirms all of Simon's knowledge as correct, “Fancy thinking the beast was something you hunt and kill! … You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I am the reason why it’s a no go? Why things are the way they are? ” (143). The Lord of the Flies is everything the boys fear. He tells Simon that he is the beastie in slighter terms,which in turn shows that he is the evil in the boys, and the fear that the boys feel; The sow is created by the ferocious half witted boys, so it makes sense that when the sow speaks of the the evil in the boys ,it also includes the evil in him too. This slaughtered sow created by the burtail boys shows that the only thing to fear is humanity, and in fact there isn’t a beastie that you can hunt down and kill because the true evil is in
everyone on the island; and that there is a choice to show their true evil, when nobody is watching; or not.
The boy’s in the novel have a tremendous fear of Jacks authority but they wouldn't dare to confront him about it because he supplies meat and ‘fun”, even though the boys like Ralph as a leader they wouldn’t go behind Jack for the means of their survival, And that they are afraid of him physically. He is much larger than the younger one and because he is an authority figure, he can boss others around to do harm to anyone that disobeys his authority; the younger weaker boys are in a difficult situation, they need Jack to get food because they can’t sustain on just fruit. It’s also a bonus for Jack because the younger ones feel safer from the monsters that lurk, Jack has made it clear he is a hunter. The boys that follow with Jack’s authority may feel safe from their imaginary monsters.But they soon fear their safety with Roger on Jack's side, Roger is willing to harm others and feel no sort of discomfort or discomposure. Ralph at first doesn't fear his safety until Jack gathers all of his boys to hunt down and kill him. When hiding from the group of boys searching for him, Ralph stumbles upon The Lord of the Flies and it angers him. “ The skull regarded Ralph like one who knows all the answers and won’t tell. A sick fear and rage swept him…”(185) This skull of the pig brings so much emotion to Ralph; because he finally realizes the evil of his peers. Ralph tries to break the skull that represents the fear and darkness of the island. The skull of the sow only breaks into two pieces and he ends up with bruised knuckles, The skull breaking into two illuminates the ideas of the evil and good in the text. When the Lord of the Flies says, “He is in all of us”, this ignites the idea of the good of Simon's character traits and the bad of Jack's character traits. This idea is considered on a greater scale of the world and humanity as a whole, because their is good and bad in everyone.