strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” Fear is a chemical reaction that takes place in the same part of our brains as excitement and happiness; that is what makes it so addictive to some people (Javanbakht & Saab 1). However, fear is not always a good thing; it can compel people to do things that in normality, they would never normally do. Lord of the Flies is an allegory written by William Golding to exemplify fear and its effect. Golding
The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is an allegorical tale that connects the behavior of these boys in the novel, to that of human nature as a whole. In the novel, the boy’s biggest fear is the beast, the lord of the flies, beelzebub incarnate.. However Simon, the Christ-like figure in the novel begins to realize that it is not some animal or creature they should be afraid of, but that the beast is made up from a part of every single one of the boys. Thus the boys should not fear the beast
In William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies, he examines the fundamental nature of man through a fictitious allegory and a paradigm of pessimism. His portrayal of childhood as a time of tribulation and terror is a distinctive tendency of the novel, challenging the reader to reconsider traditional notions of childhood innocence and wonder. Golding writes as a closing statement, “Ralph wept for the end of innocence [and] the darkness of man’s heart…” (202). The character Ralph embodies the civilized
FEAR is what pushes their decisions. The boys fight with fear of the unknown. They fear what they cannot see, the parts of the island they haven’t discovered. They even fear the harm they may do to one another. They can’t see in the dark, they don’t know what’s on the island, they’re uncertain of what the beast rally is, and they’re oblivious of the depths of their own violent skills. BEGINNING: When the boys first landed on the island, there is the fear of having no grownups. Example of this would
William Golding uses the boys savage response to the beast to show how fear can cause people to make irrational decisions. In Lord of the Flies, over time, because of the boys’ fear, they became more irrational and hysterical to the point of murder. Ralph and the boys were discussing the possibility of there being a beast on the Island but were not convinced until Percival muttered something. When Ralph asked what it was, Jack responded,“He says the beast comes out of the sea” (Golding 88). The
Lord of the Flies shows the evil and hatred that is inherent in everyone. William Golding uses the image of young boys getting stranded on a deserted island to show that this evil and hatred only shows in certain circumstances. Without the constant help and supervision of their parents, they are free to do whatever they want. Little do they know that this freedom creates much turmoil and disarray. Chaos and fear are the biggest factors that impact the group of boys in Lord of the Flies. Without
The Outsiders vs The Lord of the Flies Essay The books The Outsiders and the Lord of the Flies are very similar and dissimilar in many ways. The Outsiders is about a group of boys who live in a poor neighborhood, putting readers in the shoes of what it is like to live in a poor area and to look out for each other as family. The Lord of the Flies is a book about a group of boys who get stranded on to an island after an unfortunate plane crash. Living with no rules, they soon fall into chaos and
Some people believe that mankind is inherently good until they are exposed to evil things. Other people believe that mankind is born evil. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, suggest that the latter is true. In Lord of the Flies, written in 1954, a plane was shot down over war territory. This resulted in children from ages six to twelve to be stranded on an island with no adults. The children begin to loose their civilized way, soon children are murdering other children and any glimpse of civilization
March 2015 The Beast Within The boys encircle a slaughtered sow, excited to spill pig intestines on the floor, and smear the blood of the slaughtered pig on their faces. One might say this is out of the ordinary for the young and innocent to do. Lord of the Flies is a simple story of boys trapped on an island after a plane crash, with no authority figure. Golding utilizes this narrative to denote the “beast within”. The beast is ultimately what the boys come to be. William Golding demonstrates the defects
Fear is described as, “the unpleasant emotional state consisting of psychological and psychophysiological response to a real external threat or danger, including agitation, alertness, tension, and mobilization of the alarm reaction” (Medical Dictionary). Fear contributes to our actions more than we know; it leads us to places we do not want to go. “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering” (YODA, Episode I). The World’s dark side is like