Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Flies in all of us, is fear, the fear of getting a bad grade, the fear of not performing well in sports and a whole lot of other fears that prevent us from reaching our goals in life. A lot of times I feel that I am not living life to the fullest because of fear. When I was young, I would always be afraid of roller coasters. And that fear of roller coasters always prevented me from having fun with my family when we are at a theme park. I never really grew out of that stage until recently, but it wasn't until then that I realized how much I been missing out because of my fear.In Lord of the Flies the beast represents fear. The imaginary beast that frightens all boys, so it sparks the primal instinct of savagery that exists within all human. The island was fine and operating well until the introduction of the beast. It clear that Simon is the only boy on the island who truly understands what is controlling the boys on this island, yet he cannot express his thoughts into words clearly, and ends up being killed for even trying. The beast was always on the back of everyone's mind on the island, whether it's a littleun's or the bigun's or even Jack himself. He just try to cover it up with savagery. And as the boys grow
There is an odd occurrence as the beast now given a name, The Lord of the Flies, speaks to Simon with a voice appearing from nowhere declaring "I'm a part of you"-- in fact, a part of all the boys. Samneric see this body swaying in the wind and, terrified, flee back to the beach where the others are sleeping. This shows that the beast on the island was in each and everyone of the boys there, and it was only a matter of time before their animalistic nature surfaced. Changes that include changing the population of the island. Even Ralph, the one who had retained most of his humanity throughout their stay on the island by not hunting, momentarily lost control to his beastial side, quote, "The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering". Ralph still retains control of the boys, and manages to maintain order. He gives his hunters strength, and convinces them that the beastie will be no match for them. So if the island is a microcosm of the world that means that if given the chance evil will overtake all but those who are protected by order, society, and democracy, like the boy's were until they turned away from the conch and finally destroyed it. " Curious as he is, Simon waits by the bloodied sow's head, buzzing with flies, to see if a beast would, indeed, come to claim its gift. more savage, their belief in the beast grows stronger. Eric himself said, "We've seen the beast with our own eyes" Ch 6, Pg 99. Piggy gives his scientific opinion that there is nothing to be afraid of on the island unless they are afraid of people.
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