Summary Of Fear In William Golding's 'Lord Of The Flies'

The Beast’s Representation of Fear Class Period G October 28, 2012 “Fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.” William Golding, Lord of the Flies. Fear has been around for thousands of years and plays a huge role in our society. In today’s society, fear is displayed in many different forms and no matter where you go you can never get away from it. Fear plays a big part in how and why the world’s people make their decisions and affects us all each and every day. Being scared is very influential on today’s people and how they make their decisions. We need fear as an explanation on why some things happen. William Golding uses the island in Lord of the Flies to create a microcosm of society and he uses the children’s imagination
Maurice suggests the beast comes from water and could be like a squid that can come on and off land at one of the group’s assemblies. The reason why this whole conversation is brought up is because earlier on a littlun explained that he saw a beast outside the shelters but it could have been a nightmare which is also one of the many forms of fear. Later on in this conversation, it is to be suggested a ghost; so already the children’s fear has taken many forms. In the next couple of days the twins had acclaimed they had been attacked by a beast that could fly. They said “It was furry. There was something moving behind its head- wings.”(pg 100) This quote explains the twin’s fear that the idea of a beast has somehow morphed into a horrid creature that can fly. At this point everyone, even Ralph believes in the beast because they have physical evidence being that Sam and Eric are all scratched up which is possibly from running through the jungle and branches hitting them on the way by. The boys’ fear of this beast no matter what form it comes in end up turning them against each other in the long run of the