Lord Of The Flies Argumentative Essay

Considering that “Lord of the Flies” is evolving around the “Beast”, who is viewed as a monster or demon also on an unnamed deserted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean with the lost boys. Set in the near future, these adolescent striplings begin losing their way as human beings. With no mother figures to guide and comfort the boys, they are left with nothing except for each other and their wild imagination. The lost boys begin to establish within themselves an allusion of the “Beast”. The belief in the “Beast” only grows as they spend more and more time contemplating while stuck on the unknown island.
The “Beast” was externalized through the fear embedded in their brains which developed from the imagination of the boys. According to Document A, “There are no comforting mothers to dispel the terrors of the unknown.” In other words, without the reassurance of adult
This belief spread like a wildfire due to the savage nature of humans, in this particular case the boys. Document E say, “Then he sets off, weak and staggering, to tell the other boys that the “Beast” is human . . . .” One reasonable accusation leading readers to believe the “Beast” is human. Another in Document F, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!; At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws.” The savagery and ruthlessness of the boys is clearly seen in this Document, especially when the “Beast” ends up being another one of the boys.
The belief in the “Beast” caused the lost boys’ imaginations to take over, causing them to overreact out of fear, war, and their savage nature as humans and do gravely regrettable things. The monster or demon in the Lord of the Flies turns out to be the boys themselves. This brings a certain quote to mind, “A man’s worst enemy is