Beasts from Within and Without
The Lord of the Flies, which I strangely enjoyed, developed many thoughts in my mind. One of which was the idea of some kind of beast was inside me, and all humans. In the novel by William Golding, more than one form of this beast came to be, a physical form, an emotional form, and a mental form.The most noticeable beast is the beast's physical appearance. A small boy's imagination bringing vines to life, a man's body floating from an attacked plane, and a sow's head on a spike are the main appearances of the creature. A "littlun" first flashes the idea of a beast because of a childish thought. The parachutist careens down becoming a puppet of the wind creating an unreal fantasy. The sow's head propped up speaking with Simon likewise gives a ghastly feeling of a spook. These views of the beast are easiest to identify and do not require much thought or digging to determine. The way
"At last Simon gave up and looked back; saw the white teeth and dim eyes, the blood-and his gaze was held be that inescapable recognition. The small boy twisted further into himself. Each boy that came to the assembly had an imagination as powerful as the birth-marked boy; they all feared this make believe snake-thing. 'As if,' said Simon, 'the beastie, the beastie or the snake-thing, was real. 'He wants to know what you're going to do about the snake-thing. Also, " 'As if it wasn't a good island. "Piggy knelt by him, one hand on the great shell, listening and interpreting to the assembly. They think that they are destroying the beast, but really they are turning into beasts themselves. " (Pg 35) This small boy, barely able to relate to any real world experiences, dreamed of a monster. Remember?"(Pg 52) Even Simon, one of the head "biguns", had succumbed to the fear of the children. Rescue, order, safety, civilization; all prolonged due to a fake boogieman. A beast capable of destroying everything they had worked and longed for. A mental form of the beast was composed of the evil that was buried deep within the souls of the survivors. Be the beast physical, emotional, or mental, it loiters. Thinking these visions were real, the rumor was spread around that there was a "beastie" roaming around.
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