Fear And Evil In Lord Of The Flies Research Paper

Fear is defined as an “unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat”. The effects of fear can cause us to become a totally different person. In the book, The Lord of the Flies, many of the characters went from innocent young child to a brutal savage. “This was a savage whose image refused to blend with the innocent pictures of a boy in shorts and shirt” (Golding 183). The boys arrived on the island looking like proper British boys from a civilized place, and left the island

The first sign of this fear is when a boy with a birth mark on his faces asked Ralph “What are you going to do about the snake thing?” (Document B) This fear of the unknown has finally presented itself as a figure in the dark. A phantom hiding behind the curtains just waiting for a poor soul to come across it. Ralph at first tries to calm them using logical conclusions but as stated by document B

Jack Merridew is a character in Lord of the Flies who always fights against Ralph about who should be in charge. Jack is described as a tall, thin, ugly boy with light blue eyes that seem to turn angry at any moment. When Ralph first sees Jack, he also notices a group of choir boys behind him. Jack is the leader of the choir, and enjoys being in control. If he is not in control, he relentlessly tries to become the figure in power. Jack discredits the power of the conch and lies about Ralph so the children will not want him as leader. “‘The conch doesn’t count on top of the mountain,’” (Golding 42). When Jack is embarrassed, he becomes violent. When Piggy embarrasses Jack about the signal fire, Jack becomes upset and “… stuck his fist into Piggy’s

In the novel Lord of the Flies, what is the beast? Well the beast first represents fear, then war, then savagery of human nature. The beast leads to arguments, fear, and savagery. The beast should not have been in the thoughts of the boys. If only the boys had their parents there with them.

the novel the Lord of the Flies, fear is the root of the trouble that

Fear is a destructive emotion because it can lead to all kinds of evil. The morning after Simon's death Piggy and Ralph are talking,”we was scared!!..anything might of happened”(Golding 156). Piggy is trying to find an explanation on why he was part of Simon's murder and tries to play it off as an accident. He was saying that because he is scared it doesn't matter that he killed someone, that fear took control of him and it was out of his hands, thus leading to evil. Jack at this point in the story and has given up all hope of being rescued and is now hunting Ralph. “ He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet, rushing through the forest towards the open beach”(Golding 200). Fear is leading to all kinds of evil in this piece of text because Jack has given up on being saved so he is facing the fact that he needs all the power to survive. After Jack realizes this and is fearful he turns to evil and tries to kill Ralph while Ralph is trying to get away.

In the Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys are scared of the beast. One character in particular, Ralph, who is not afraid of the beast, explains to the boys that “fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream” (82). This quote foreshadows Ralph’s personality because his true identity is a scared little boy who does not know what he is doing. If Ralph shows fear, then his group will know that he is not as fearless as he seems to be. Ralph’s weakness is losing because he compared fear to a dream which tells the reader that he wants to convince his group that he is the best person they have right now. His weakness is always jeopardizing him of his dominance and power over the group. For example, when Jack tells the group lies about Ralph,

When Rick is limping down the hall, trying to get to the girl before she is found by the bad guys could be seen as a scene of potential fear. His friend was following behind him with a gun draw, ready to do what was needed to stop Rick and the girl from exposing his deception. You did not know what was going to happen to Rick and her but you felt some form of fear that they could be killed and the bad guy could get away with it.

A distressing emotion aroused by impending evil and pain, whether the threat is real or imagined is described as fear. Fear is what William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies encompasses. By taking three major examples from the novel, fear will be considered on different levels: Simon’s having no instance of fear, Ralph’s fear of isolation on the island, and Jack’s fear of being powerless. Fear can make people behave in ways that are foreign to them, whether their fear is real or imagined. In response to fear, people may act defensively by attacking, fear can either stop one from doing something, or it can make one behave in an irrational erratic manner.

The Lord of the Flies can be related to a lot of past events that have happened in our history. Human beings have been making mistakes since day one and even though the actions that they take turn out to kill a lot of people we still do not learn. Human beings keep making the same mistake over and over again and one of these days they will realize that they should use their brains for ones and think about what they are doing and what the result of their actions will be. I believe that humans are evil because they commit murder and are selfish and abuse their powers. William Godling’s novel Lord of the Flies shows that humans are evil through the killing of Piggy and Simon.

Fears of the Island Did you know that 85% of our body is made up of fears? Our brain tends to find anything new as scary. This happens to all of us, but some more often than others. Lord of the Files is the best example to explain young boy's fear.

“The thing is–fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream” William Golding. Lord of flies, a book written by William Golding, is about a plane that carried schoolboys was shot down. The pilot of the plane was killed, and some boys survived, and the boys find themselves restrained on an island without adult supervision. Fear plays an important role in Lord of Flies, but there are consequences of fear. It causes fights, it allows people to gain power, and change people’s characteristics, just to name some.

“Lord of the Flies” by William Golding has several important themes, but the most significant is the impact fear has on the boys. One of the main fears that the boys have is fear of the unknown. For instance fear of the beast. They don’t have solid evidence that the beast exists and yet they still fear it. Another fear the boys have is fear of the death, not being rescued, and fear of the dark.

      The boys in the book, The Lord of the Flies, are controlled by their fear of the beast.  This fear is not of the beast itself, but of the unknown. It comes from not knowing whether or not a beast exists.

It is safe to say that terror often causes negative reactions. When someone is scared, their mind can take over and will impair one's ability to reason. This is shown in two stories, “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe and “House Taken Over” by Julio Cortazar. Imagination takes over in “The Fall of the House of Usher” when Roderick Usher realizes he buried his sister alive. The mind also takes over in “House Taken Over,” when two siblings deal with a mysterious entity. Imagination overcomes reason when characters become anxious or are isolated from society.