Fear In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” When several British schoolboys are crash landed onto a strange deserted island, with no civilization or the guidance of their elders, fear totally controls all of the young boys. The loss of common social behavior reverts the boys to savagery. These boys in Golding’s Lord of the Flies are threatened by the idea of an unknown fear; this fear makes them feel unsafe and uncomfortable. The boys reaction to fear is explained in three main points: the beast as a symbol of fear, character’s attitudes towards fear, and the truth about the fear.

From the very beginning, William Golding promotes fear within the group of boys through the idea of the beast or “beastie”,