Lord Of The Flies Chapter 5 Analysis

In Lord of the Flies by William Golding, fear spreads around the island like a contagion. The fear of things like the “beast” and of other kids on the island, spreads from person to person like a disease. At first, the fear all came from one person; the mulberry birthmark child. He spoke at a meeting about how he felt that there was a huge snake-like thing in the forest and was going to come and eat all the children. He was dismissed immediately, but the thought of the beast must have stayed with at least one child, “contaminating” him with fear and leaving him to contaminate others, because even after the mulberry birthmark child died the beast was mentioned again. We see this later at the meeting in chapter 5, when one of the littluns mentions the rest of the littluns are still scared of the beast. The biguns again try to dismiss it as the younger children having an overactive imagination, but then when they fail to prove them wrong, like failing to create a proper vaccine or treatment for a disease, they to become infected with fear. Now, with the fear
In chapter 5, Jack and Ralph argue over whether Jack and the hunter should be hunting, or building and keeping the fire, and the beast is mentioned finally mentioned again by one of the littluns. In chapter 6, Samneric find the fallen pilot, beleive it to be the beast and rush down to tell everyone, further spreading the fear of the beast. After they find out, Jack and Ralph start to argue over whether they should hunt it or not. And with all the kids constantly talking with each other, spreading more ideas about where the beast may be hiding or what might happen next between Jack and Ralph, the fear continues to spread from person to person. In conclusion, in Lord of the Flies, fears of things like a beast on the island and fighting between groups of people spread from person to person like a