The Beast The human mind can be used to create art, compose music and solve problems. It can also be used to cause arguments, create weapons, and support wars. In his book, Lord of the Flies, William Golding describes his experience with World War II. In the book, a plane carrying several boys who are trying to escape the war crashes on an island, and the boys struggle to find and kill the “beast.” The beast represents the loss of humanity, triggered by human fears, individual savagery, and man’s willingness to wage war. The idea of the beast initially comes from the boys’ fear. On the island, they are all alone and in a place that they do not understand, so they try to make sense of what they are going through. For example, soon after
