With every second going by, a second of life is lost. With every minute coming to an end, so does sanity. “‘The things is-fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island.’” (Golding 91). Yet over time, the boys of William Golding’s, Lord of the Flies, discover that their dreams are more than just in there heads. Throughout the novel Golding represent how the boys were civilized with each other when they first crashed, to completely insane by the end. By using plot, character, and setting, the time the survivors spent on this uncharted land was much more than they anticipated, and much more than they could handle.
