Some people would say that humanity is flawed because society is flawed. But despite this common belief, in Lord Of The Flies, William Golding shows us that society is flawed because of the flaws in humanity. Golding best communicates this theme by using the beast to show all of the inner faults of the boys which begin to show themselves on the island. Some of the younger boys on the island fear a beast while Simon believes the boys themselves are the beast and Piggy, Ralph and Jack suggest there is no beast except fear. When Simon meets the lord of flies, he confirms his and the other boy's belief, the beast is their inner savage, and fear, and murderous desires.
When the boys first began to fear a beast Simon is the first to suggest that …show more content…
In the meeting Ralph says there is no beast, but there is “fear and… there's nothing in it” (116). What Ralph is suggesting is that the beast isn't real, they boys are afraid of their own fear. He wants the boys to deal with this fear not turn it into a beast. Piggy knows “ there isn't [anything to be afraid of” because the beast is simply the boys fear (118). Fear causes the boys to imagine a beast, the beast being everything they are afraid off inside themselves. What they don't know is the beast is them, and their fears and savage desires.
When Simon meets the beast, after the boys have killed the pig, Golding confirms that the beast was the boys all along. After the murder of the pig, Simon ‘meets’ the beast, and the beast says “fancy thinking I was something you could hunt and kill” (206)! All along Simon knew what the beast truly was. The boys never believed him when he told him that they were the beast. The others thought it was absurd, but Simon observed as the boys became savages, the community becoming more savage as well.
All humans have instinctual savage desires, The Lord Of The Flies shows these desires in the form of a beast. The savage desires in humans lead to a crude society. On the island the boys begin to turn against each other, killing and torturing each other. Golding best shows the beasts within humans coming together to form a society causes society to be corrupt and
When the boys first began to fear a beast Simon is the first to suggest that …show more content…
In the meeting Ralph says there is no beast, but there is “fear and… there's nothing in it” (116). What Ralph is suggesting is that the beast isn't real, they boys are afraid of their own fear. He wants the boys to deal with this fear not turn it into a beast. Piggy knows “ there isn't [anything to be afraid of” because the beast is simply the boys fear (118). Fear causes the boys to imagine a beast, the beast being everything they are afraid off inside themselves. What they don't know is the beast is them, and their fears and savage desires.
When Simon meets the beast, after the boys have killed the pig, Golding confirms that the beast was the boys all along. After the murder of the pig, Simon ‘meets’ the beast, and the beast says “fancy thinking I was something you could hunt and kill” (206)! All along Simon knew what the beast truly was. The boys never believed him when he told him that they were the beast. The others thought it was absurd, but Simon observed as the boys became savages, the community becoming more savage as well.
All humans have instinctual savage desires, The Lord Of The Flies shows these desires in the form of a beast. The savage desires in humans lead to a crude society. On the island the boys begin to turn against each other, killing and torturing each other. Golding best shows the beasts within humans coming together to form a society causes society to be corrupt and