Lord Of The Flies Fear Quotes

One of the most essential fears in Lord of the Flies is the fear of the beast.

In the beginning of the novel, the little ones hear twines moving in the wind and fear that there is a “monster” on the island. It is simply a figment of their imaginations, representing their fear of being left alone in the wilderness, "I know there isn't no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn't no fear, either" (Golding 118). In order to please the “beast”, the boys leave it sacrifices including a pig’s head. As the novel progresses, the boys feel the need to characterize each other as the beast in order to turn the monster that doesn’t exist into a physical object. On Simon’s way back from identifying what was previously known as the beast to be a dead body covered in a parachute, Jack and his group of boys gang up against him, claiming that he is the beast. In addition, Ralph and Piggy, characters that are seen as intelligent and civilized, help kill Simon. At this point, the beast has transformed from a fear of the unknown into an internal beast, “maybe it’s [the beast] only us” (Golding 126).. The beast symbolizes the savagery within all humans. It represents the evil that can never be overcome or seen and the darkness that all beings inhabit. Although the beast does not physically exist, it is brought into fruition as the boys begin to act more savagely. Thus, the beast symbolizes an internal cruelty and barbarism within all

The beast received increasing power in the minds of the boys, as it symbolises fear. A boy with “one side of his face...blotted out by [a] mulberry-coloured birthmark” (p. 33 – 34) began the talk of the beast. Since then, everyone has feared the thought of a creature lurking in the darkness. Sam and Eric eye-witnessed the beast which “followed [them]” (p. 109). This is symbolic because the beast was now corrupting their thoughts, gaining power from their frightened minds. Jack thought of making a sacrifice to the beast as “...when we kill we’ll leave some of the kill for it. Then it won’t bother us.” (p. 147). This symbolises the power the beast was having over everyone. They were now deciding to leave sacrifices for the beast, so that it wouldn’t come and terrorise them. However, the symbolism of the beast changes as time passes. This is evident as the pigs’ head sub-consciously talks to Simon, saying, “Fancy thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill!” (p. 158). This quote is symbolic because although they believed they feared an actually creature, the beast was nothing more than an impression of their current fears and situations. This symbolic power was evident as Ralph states, “I’m frightened. Of us.” (p. 174). This little, yet vital sentence shows the symbolic transformation from a creature they feared, to fearing themselves, symbolising the fact that they were the beast the whole time. Every boy on the island, united together, chanting “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (p. 168). The figure staggered out of the trees and immediately “the crowd surged after it...leapt on the beast...there were no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws (p. 169). Simon was dead. This is symbolic because the boys had turned into savages, killing one of their own. They were now the

It could also be said that another theme would be fear. The boys in Lord of the Flies are clearly afraid of the beast, but this theme turns out to to be more dangerous than anything they could possibly encounter on the island. What they do not know is that the most dangerous thing they should be afraid of is each other. In fact, fear has been what molded the boys into what they are. For example, when the twins Sam and Eric found the beast, which in reality was just a “dead parachutist,” it toughed up the boys to prepare to go against this beast and take it down, basically Jacks platoon of boys. Considering this, fear of the unknown, is pervasive in mankind in a way that even the strongest of societies are too weak to guard their own people

The first evidence that fear is a detrimental emotion is when the fear the boys have about the beast prohibits their chances of survival. When the boys find out that the beast is “real” the tension is high. Jack says “[w]hoever wants ralph not to be chief?” (Golding 127) When barley any boys raise their hands jack responds with “I’m not going to play longer. Not with you” (Golding 127). The debate about if the beast was real or how to deal with it broke the tribe apart. With the fear running high the boys are easily provoked. After jack leaves the group slowly starts to break apart lowering their chances of survival everytime someone leaves. Throughout the book the beast amplifies the aggression between the boys by making them paranoid and afraid. Another example of when fear is a detriment to survival is when the boys have to move the signal fire to the beach because the beast is on the mountain. “now that things squats by the fire as though it didn’t want us to be

Fear, we’ve all experienced it, wither we had nightmares, terrible thoughts of the monster under the bed or any anxiety about an obstacle you face. Fear is essential to humanity’s survival instinct, it’s what drives humans to kill animals, in fear of no food. However, fear can be used as a tool of evil, for example in the novel fear drove the boys into descending savagery. Fear started out in Lord of the Flies with a nightmare, like most children do have, but it all spiraled out of control. A moment in chapter 2 Pg 46 Piggy talking to a littlun; “He wants to know what you’re going to do about the snake-thing?”, was the precise moment where fear was introduced to the boys. The only possible way that seed of fear would’ve been undone was prevented

Where there is hope, there is fear, fear within a young mind. Fear is what controls people, they can work against or with it. In this novel, these boys decide to work with it and with that they let their terrible fear control and consumed them until they look like savages and turned into the beast.“Of course we’re frightened sometimes but we put up with being frightened... The things is-fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream.There aren’t any beast to be afraid of on this island...Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of of cry-babies!(82-83)” Jack is one the first who let the evil inside transform him into a complete savage. The way he treats other boys is frankly unkind and uncivil. He overpowered Ralph and ruled like

The beast was a dead parachuter on the island which symbolizes the transformation of human nature away from civilization. Throughout the story, the savagery of the boys increased due to their fear from the beast however, Simon tried to be supportive and found out that the beast is not an external force. As referred in the book “maybe there is a beast… maybe it is only us.”(5.89), Simon argues that the real beast is the fear inside their minds which supports Golding’s point of view that human beings are inherently evil. In addition, Simon represents the spiritual side and has deep connections with nature which made the boys think of him as an odd person.

The children were “too immature to account for the enemy within [them], the boys projected their irrational fears onto the outside world. The first of these projections takes the shape of a snakelike ‘beastie’” (Friedman). This terror of the mysterious “Beast” plagues them throughout the story and causes them to regress to a more primitive state of mind. Jack realized everyone was afraid of the beast and choosed to use fear to gain a stranglehold of power on the island. They even kill the supposed beast who was actually Simon, but they “enjoy only a temporary cessation of fear; the orgasm of violence has not assuaged their anxieties” (Dick). Feeding fear to the children, Jack successfully maintains the status quo on the island by saying“’I expect the beast disguised himself.’ ‘We'd better keep on the right side of him, anyhow. You can't tell what he might do.’ The tribe considered this; and then were shaken, as if by a flow of wind. The chief saw the effect of his words and stood” (Golding 146). Jack fed lies to the others to grow their fears because he knew the greater the fear, the greater his power raised. Seeking shelter and protection from the beast, everyone embraced Jack’s totalitarian tribe over Ralph’s civilized group. Jack took the seed of fear and watered it, nurturing it until the boys lost all rational thought and succumbed to

The beast represents the evil hidden inside among some of the children and are exposing slowly as they trying to find a way to survive on the island. As they first time killed a pig, they sat down and Jack said, “This head is for the beast. It’s a gift.”(Golding 129. The boys are embracing the beast. This shows that they are offering gifts in hoping of pleasing the beast, which means that they have already accepted the fact that they think there is a beast and the evil have already being set in them. When Simon fascinated by the beast, the beast“There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast.” Simon’s mouth labored, brought forth audible words. “Pig’s head on a stick.” “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!”(Golding 135). There is no beast to be afraid of, they only have to be afraid of themselves - the beast within them. It was all in their head. One thing shown here is that the beast is keep telling him that they can never defeat him which mean that doesn’t matter how much pure you are, they are still going to live inside you. The devil side of the boys were exposed slowly, “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” (Golding 175). This phrase repeated several times in the novel to show that their belief in and fear of the beast grows stronger and stronger as their civilization breaks down. It symbolizes the evil trapped inside us. I choose the beast to be a

The beast symbolizes the savagery that exists within all humans. All of the boys fear the beast, but Simon is the only one that comes to the rationalization that they are afraid of it because the beast is apart of each of them. As the boys become more ferocious each day, their belief in the

The beast is representing mankind’s essential illness. This is the fact that humans tendency is to go towards evil and not good. This is also pointing out that humans primal instinct is savagery . In the beginning of the book the beast does not exist, this is because the boys are not yet savage or evil, they are still civil. Even though the beast in reality is all imaginary the boys greatest fear on the island is this idea. As the book moves forward we start to see the boys act more barbaric, or more savage. As they keep progressing this way their fear in the beast gets stronger, making this idea all more real. Keep in mind that the beast only exists because of the boys actions.The only boy to realize what the beast truly is, was Simon.

The Fear of the unknown is an important theme in William Golding’s novel, Lord the Flies. In the beginning of the novel the boys do not possess any fear. As the story progresses the boys start to fear what they cannot see, the parts of the island they have not explored and a mysterious beast. Though they may not realize it at first, they start to begin to fear the damage they may do to one another.

In the beginning of the novel, the beast is presented as an animal that instills a sense of fear in the boys. This fear reveals their inner psychological “ID” and the primitive emotions that exist within all humans. When the boys are gathered for assemblies, the idea of the beast is brought up many times. The boys are terrified of the beast, even though it is something they have yet to encounter. Jack, as a response to the

Fear could be used to unify a group of people to fight under a leader against a threat instead of others who if chosen as leaders will put you in danger. Jack said the beast is “Hunting”(Golding 126). Basically telling people they are vulnerable. Implying they need to stick together to survive against the beast, and the best person is him. This is shown in real life, an example is when trump sets up illegal immigrants as the beast and says the U.S is a horrible place as of now. Politicians do this all the time, telling the people a fault with the U.S, they could stop it. In addition Jack said Ralph is “a coward himself”(Golding 126). The fear of the beast and the false information that he is the only one able to save them, because their current leader isn’t up to the task, made them