Number of the Beast

society are removed even the most innocent beings can turn back to their primal instincts. symbolism is also used to show man kinds 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…

of killing. Chapter 2. During a meeting of all the boys on the island, a younger boy claims that he saw a beast on the island. The illusion of the beast represents terror and the attraction to the primitive appetite for savagery. Creating this anxiety within the boys, the beast challenges Ralph's attempts to restore order because the beast soon leads them to savagery. The thought of a beast forges obstacles for Ralph and his mission and pushes the school boys further away from society. Chapter…

The conch alongside the beast have a crucial impact to Piggy and Jack, and to the events that occur throughout the entire span of this allegory novel; without them, the story will not be as effective with the representation of the main theme: civilization vs savagery. These two symbolic objects show us the conflict between the two competing forces that exist within all human beings. The beast provokes fear to erupt onto the island which later foreshadows to several animalistic behaviors,…

Through the hardships the boys face, Jack’s inner primitive self emerges due to the constant battle with the unknown fear of the beast. The painted mask that Jack doges, truly represent his turn into savagery and introduce this new identity of bloodlust and violence, “He began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling….and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.” (66). This shows that due to his obsession of bloodlust…

June 8th, the first night of summer before “The Boys” leave for college. Ellijah, Bryce, Tommy, Brandon, and TJ go off to a camp site no where near home. A solid 6 hours away in the Minnesota Boundary waters. As they set off, many of them were tired except Tommy and Brandon. As they are driving up, they have nothing to talk about, so Brandon does what he does best, and starts a stupid conversation. “Have you heard of Slenderman or Bigfoot?” said Brandon. Tommy replied, “Only Bigfoot but not…

9, Simon is to deliver the news on his findings about the Beast, which is a dead man with a parachute who had been fighing in the air war above them. Simon approached the boys while they were in a circle doing the dance and chanting “Kill the Beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!”. The boys that were participating in the dance had misinterpruted Simon as the Beast on the island coming to get them. All the boys had “leapt on to the beast [Simon], screamed, struck,…

Littluns started to chant, as the storm blew up ahead. “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” they said. A figure came from the shadows and the group killed it like a lion. But what they didn’t know, was that the “beast” is Simon. It was a dark and stormy night, everyone was afraid, there was a monster that could attack at any moment, and they were only kids that could potentially live on the island until they die. Who would be to blame for Simon’s death? Everyone are to blame for…

I was wakened up by Sam and Eric today. They yelled and shouted at me they’ve seen the beast near the fire over the mountain. I was shocked by the message. I believe there should be no beast over the island. I stood helplessly, like a lost soul. The only thing in my mind was to call an assembly, talk about what should we do next with the other boys. The conclusion was, we are going to search for the beast. If there is really one, crush it with our well-armed javelins. Things that I worried…

Jack has been using masks to cover up his face, which the reader can infer as his identity. We can believe he covers up his identity to show that he is know chief, no longer the Jack we first met at the beginning of the novel. Therefore, this quote supports the theme of identity because is provides as an example of a change in a character, one that identifies who they are. In this scene continued from the quote above, it is clear that the boys believe that Jack now has the ultimate authority,…

In the Nightmare Beast, War and the Children in William Goldings Lord of the Flies from Academic Search Complete, Joyanta Dangar describes how wartime trauma induces nightmares into the minds of the young boys. To begin with, Dangar explains the nature of the beast in the novel itself. She underscores that the beast in an externalization of the inner darkness that exists within all human beings. The beast is believed to have originated since the boys lack a comforting mother figure to make the…