Naturally, little kids are afraid of even the most simplest of things; monsters under the bed, boogeyman in the closet, literally anything: even if it’s in the dark.The novel Lord of the Flies is a book written by William Golding and it’s about English school boys who were evacuating a war that was going on at the time. Sadly, their plane got shot down and they ended up crashing on an unknown island with no adult survivors. Soon, these boys develop a fear of “the beast”. Now the question is: what is the beast? The beast signifies the unknown; they classify the beast is made up of three things: fear, war and human nature.
In the Lord of the Flies, the boys that are stranded on the island first come to the idea of a beast from the Boy-With-The-Birthmark. “The younger children first, then gradually the older ones begin to people the darkness..” (Doc. A). The boy said he saw a “snake-thing” (Doc. B) in the night time and claims it turns into the vines by day. This one quote from this boy creates chaos for the children later on. The idea of a beast on the island churned in all of …show more content…
Lord of the Flies translates to the word devil in the Hebrew language. After his horrific conversation with the beast and his epileptic spell, Simon heads off to the top of the mountain where he finds out what the true beast is. While Simon is on his way to inform the boys, they’re having a fire while having a feast. They all engage in their famous dance when leads to the belligerent and brutal death of Simon. They all knew it was him yet they didn’t stop as they “screamed, struck, bit, and tore” at Simon. (Doc F). This demonstrated how the boys had been lead so far astray from their character when the first landed on the island. They were individualizing themselves every time they painted their faces. Their most vile acts against each other were committed when they were hiding behind their painted faces in the
In the Lord of the Flies, the boys that are stranded on the island first come to the idea of a beast from the Boy-With-The-Birthmark. “The younger children first, then gradually the older ones begin to people the darkness..” (Doc. A). The boy said he saw a “snake-thing” (Doc. B) in the night time and claims it turns into the vines by day. This one quote from this boy creates chaos for the children later on. The idea of a beast on the island churned in all of …show more content…
Lord of the Flies translates to the word devil in the Hebrew language. After his horrific conversation with the beast and his epileptic spell, Simon heads off to the top of the mountain where he finds out what the true beast is. While Simon is on his way to inform the boys, they’re having a fire while having a feast. They all engage in their famous dance when leads to the belligerent and brutal death of Simon. They all knew it was him yet they didn’t stop as they “screamed, struck, bit, and tore” at Simon. (Doc F). This demonstrated how the boys had been lead so far astray from their character when the first landed on the island. They were individualizing themselves every time they painted their faces. Their most vile acts against each other were committed when they were hiding behind their painted faces in the