symbolism is also used to show man’s breakdown into evil tendencies. An obvious symbol in the novel that best represents evil is the beast but the beast is actually all of the boys meaning the boy represent their own evil."You Littluns started all this! With the fear talk. Beasts! Of course we’re frightened sometimes but we put up with being frightened. Only Ralph says your scream in the night. What does that mean but nightmares? (Golding, pg 75) This shows us that fear can cause a breakdown . It gives a view of how much hatred and selfishness man is capable of
