LOTF- HOW FEAR CONTRIBUTES TO THE MAIN CONFLICTS IN THE NOVEL
In the novel “Lord of the flies” by William Golding, fear, but specifically fear of the beast, is used as an effective motivator to control the internal thoughts and conflicts of the boys as well as their external actions. The fear of the beast is used in ways that led to make one do something without thinking rationally. Jack uses the littluns fear of the beast to make them follow his orders and create a separation on the island. Fear of the beast made the boys destroy all knowledge of the true nature of evil on the island. Finally fear led the boys to destroy all civilization and order on the island.
In Lord of the flies, fear of the beast plays an important role from beginning …show more content…
By now everyone on the island is fearful of the beast; even Jack is a bit scared. Jack's new tribe fears the beast so much that after a hunt, they left the beast a gift. They took a pig's head and put it on a pole. The pig's head becomes a symbol of fear. When Simon was walking around by himself in the jungle, he stumbled across the pig's head, also known as the Lord of the flies. The head was warning Simon that it is impossible to escape him because the beast (fear) is a part of all the boys on the island. What the Lord of the flies is saying, is that fear has swallowed the boys and that as long as there is fear, there will be evil: “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt or kill! […] You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close. I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?" (Golding 158). The idea of the beast being the boy themselves was previously visited by Simon: ‘’Maybe [...] there is a beast [...] What I mean is… maybe it's only us.” (80). Simon is the only one who knew the true nature of evil on the island and while trying to deliver the message to the rest of the boys, they killed him by accident. This demonstrates that fear can be used to control ones external
In the novel “Lord of the flies” by William Golding, fear, but specifically fear of the beast, is used as an effective motivator to control the internal thoughts and conflicts of the boys as well as their external actions. The fear of the beast is used in ways that led to make one do something without thinking rationally. Jack uses the littluns fear of the beast to make them follow his orders and create a separation on the island. Fear of the beast made the boys destroy all knowledge of the true nature of evil on the island. Finally fear led the boys to destroy all civilization and order on the island.
In Lord of the flies, fear of the beast plays an important role from beginning …show more content…
By now everyone on the island is fearful of the beast; even Jack is a bit scared. Jack's new tribe fears the beast so much that after a hunt, they left the beast a gift. They took a pig's head and put it on a pole. The pig's head becomes a symbol of fear. When Simon was walking around by himself in the jungle, he stumbled across the pig's head, also known as the Lord of the flies. The head was warning Simon that it is impossible to escape him because the beast (fear) is a part of all the boys on the island. What the Lord of the flies is saying, is that fear has swallowed the boys and that as long as there is fear, there will be evil: “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt or kill! […] You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close. I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?" (Golding 158). The idea of the beast being the boy themselves was previously visited by Simon: ‘’Maybe [...] there is a beast [...] What I mean is… maybe it's only us.” (80). Simon is the only one who knew the true nature of evil on the island and while trying to deliver the message to the rest of the boys, they killed him by accident. This demonstrates that fear can be used to control ones external