Fear In Lord Of The Flies By William Golding

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Accordingly, William Golding once said, “The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.” Moreover, a dream can hurt you more than fear. Nevertheless, a dream is something you work to get, but fear is being scared of something or something will happen. Notwithstanding, a dream can go either way, but if you fear something, then you cannot stop it. Moreover, a dream can hurt you more than fear. You dream of doing something for a very long time and your dreams get crushed. If that happens, then a dream would be hurting you more than a fear. In the story “Lord of the Flies” Piggy had a fear of being killed. Consequently, he did get killed. Nevertheless, a dream is something you work to get, but fear is being scared of something or

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