Payton Olson
A3
The Effect of Fear
Fear is a crazy thing. It is something that can push even the strongest of people over the edge. It is one of the few things that can dictate and control even a group of people all from one source. This is really shown in the novel Lord of the Flies. The story takes place during a fictional atomic war and was written after World War II. The story revolves around this group of kids who have crash landed on an island and are left to their own devices. There is no shelter, food, water, and most notably, no grownups. Eventually the kids establish a hierarchy of leadership and from this, their own little society begins to emerge. Later on conflict begins to arise and the society they once was no more. This decline …show more content…
At this point, Jack has established his group of hunters and are hosting a feast with the goal to absorb more people into his following. While trying to convince Ralph to let them go to the feast, Samneric say, “‘That must be fun like Bill says-and as he’s invited us-’ ‘to a feast, meat, crackling. I could do with some meat-’ Ralph held up his hand. ‘Why shouldn’t we get our own meat?’ The twins looked at each other. Bill answered. ‘We don’t want to go into the jungle’” (Golding 142). Ralph is trying to keep his group of boys together in order to prevent Jack from gaining more followers. Even though Ralph seems like the better leader and person, the boys cannot see past the food and warmth. They fear that they will starve to death if they don’t join up with Jack. Ralph makes a decent point about them getting their own meat but the boys are reluctant, saying how the jungle is a scary place. This idea that Jack is gaining more followers through this fear of starvation and survival is yet another contribution to the fall of their …show more content…
While at a meeting with all the boys, a littlun describes his encounter with the beastie, “‘I was frightened and started to call out for Ralph and then I saw something moving among the trees, something big and horrid’” (Golding 85). At this point, the other boys at the meeting began to dismiss this testimony trying to persuade each other that it wasn’t true. They made the argument that he was simply sleepwalking and that it was all just a dream which was quickly dismissed. A few minutes later, another kid claimed he knew some information about this beast, “He says the beast comes out of the sea” (Golding 88). After hearing this, the boys take these claims with more weight and begin to consider the possibility of there actually being a beast on the island. This plunges them into an argument over whether there really is or is not a beast and a fight breaks out, “Ralph pushed between them and got a thump on the chest. He wrestled for the conch from someone and sat down breathlessly… He stopped again. The careful plan of this assembly had broken down” (Golding 90). An assembly that started out peaceful and mellow, has now turned into an all out brawl for the chance to speak. This chaos that broke out between everyone is a result of the fear of this beast that may or may not be on the
A3
The Effect of Fear
Fear is a crazy thing. It is something that can push even the strongest of people over the edge. It is one of the few things that can dictate and control even a group of people all from one source. This is really shown in the novel Lord of the Flies. The story takes place during a fictional atomic war and was written after World War II. The story revolves around this group of kids who have crash landed on an island and are left to their own devices. There is no shelter, food, water, and most notably, no grownups. Eventually the kids establish a hierarchy of leadership and from this, their own little society begins to emerge. Later on conflict begins to arise and the society they once was no more. This decline …show more content…
At this point, Jack has established his group of hunters and are hosting a feast with the goal to absorb more people into his following. While trying to convince Ralph to let them go to the feast, Samneric say, “‘That must be fun like Bill says-and as he’s invited us-’ ‘to a feast, meat, crackling. I could do with some meat-’ Ralph held up his hand. ‘Why shouldn’t we get our own meat?’ The twins looked at each other. Bill answered. ‘We don’t want to go into the jungle’” (Golding 142). Ralph is trying to keep his group of boys together in order to prevent Jack from gaining more followers. Even though Ralph seems like the better leader and person, the boys cannot see past the food and warmth. They fear that they will starve to death if they don’t join up with Jack. Ralph makes a decent point about them getting their own meat but the boys are reluctant, saying how the jungle is a scary place. This idea that Jack is gaining more followers through this fear of starvation and survival is yet another contribution to the fall of their …show more content…
While at a meeting with all the boys, a littlun describes his encounter with the beastie, “‘I was frightened and started to call out for Ralph and then I saw something moving among the trees, something big and horrid’” (Golding 85). At this point, the other boys at the meeting began to dismiss this testimony trying to persuade each other that it wasn’t true. They made the argument that he was simply sleepwalking and that it was all just a dream which was quickly dismissed. A few minutes later, another kid claimed he knew some information about this beast, “He says the beast comes out of the sea” (Golding 88). After hearing this, the boys take these claims with more weight and begin to consider the possibility of there actually being a beast on the island. This plunges them into an argument over whether there really is or is not a beast and a fight breaks out, “Ralph pushed between them and got a thump on the chest. He wrestled for the conch from someone and sat down breathlessly… He stopped again. The careful plan of this assembly had broken down” (Golding 90). An assembly that started out peaceful and mellow, has now turned into an all out brawl for the chance to speak. This chaos that broke out between everyone is a result of the fear of this beast that may or may not be on the