Fear and Other Themes
"Maybe," [...] "maybe there is a beast."
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"Maybe it's only us." (Golding, 89)
These had been the words of Simon to try and ease the tension against the boys and the existence of a beast. This had been a notable turning point in the novel as it dictates how much Simon had realized of the boys insanity. The main context of this quote was how the boys were worrying too much on a new threat, a beast that one claimed came out of the water, through this the boys had no idea of what to fear next, this part of the novel had marked Ralph and Jack's relationship going downhill as it would be shown how they got split up entirely. Fear had some place in the split up of Ralph and Jack and marking the beginning of savagery vs. civilization. The reason for Jack's success in achieving people to join his savage tribe is how Jack promises protection and meat, he had promised protection from the outside so the boys would have nothing more to fear as a result of their great belief for the existence of a beast, the eventual result of this fear was the murder of their former friend.
The murder of Simon marks how the boys have lost all sense of innocence, their first experience through losing such innocence is how much the boys, mainly the tribe, have hunted for food by killing pigs. The loss of innocence is one of the many themes of the Lord of the Flies novel and this loss of innocence is due to the main theme, fear. Their main innocence was lost as a result for the murder of another human, a former friend, Simon. Their murder for Simon was due to fear, it had been dark and Simon had approached them to tell the truth of the beast on a tree but the savage tribe had thought Simon to be the beast. Through fear, they had killed Simon thinking it had been the beast. The murder of Simon marked how far the savage tribe had fallen and how they've lost all innocence and has grown to be fully savage.
Through fear, the boys had split up with relationships being broken as well as the murder of a former friend which fully marks the loss of innocence. The split up had reached to the other main theme, the war between savagery and civilization, sparked from fear.
Works Cited
- Golding. William. Lord of the Flies. Penguin Books, 2006.
Bibliography
- Golding, William, and Poppa. “Lord of the Flies Themes.” GradeSaver: Getting You the Grade, www.gradesaver.com/lord-of-the-flies/study-guide/themes.
- Golding. William. Lord of the Flies. Penguin Books, 2006.
[...]
"Maybe it's only us." (Golding, 89)
These had been the words of Simon to try and ease the tension against the boys and the existence of a beast. This had been a notable turning point in the novel as it dictates how much Simon had realized of the boys insanity. The main context of this quote was how the boys were worrying too much on a new threat, a beast that one claimed came out of the water, through this the boys had no idea of what to fear next, this part of the novel had marked Ralph and Jack's relationship going downhill as it would be shown how they got split up entirely. Fear had some place in the split up of Ralph and Jack and marking the beginning of savagery vs. civilization. The reason for Jack's success in achieving people to join his savage tribe is how Jack promises protection and meat, he had promised protection from the outside so the boys would have nothing more to fear as a result of their great belief for the existence of a beast, the eventual result of this fear was the murder of their former friend.
The murder of Simon marks how the boys have lost all sense of innocence, their first experience through losing such innocence is how much the boys, mainly the tribe, have hunted for food by killing pigs. The loss of innocence is one of the many themes of the Lord of the Flies novel and this loss of innocence is due to the main theme, fear. Their main innocence was lost as a result for the murder of another human, a former friend, Simon. Their murder for Simon was due to fear, it had been dark and Simon had approached them to tell the truth of the beast on a tree but the savage tribe had thought Simon to be the beast. Through fear, they had killed Simon thinking it had been the beast. The murder of Simon marked how far the savage tribe had fallen and how they've lost all innocence and has grown to be fully savage.
Through fear, the boys had split up with relationships being broken as well as the murder of a former friend which fully marks the loss of innocence. The split up had reached to the other main theme, the war between savagery and civilization, sparked from fear.
Works Cited
- Golding. William. Lord of the Flies. Penguin Books, 2006.
Bibliography
- Golding, William, and Poppa. “Lord of the Flies Themes.” GradeSaver: Getting You the Grade, www.gradesaver.com/lord-of-the-flies/study-guide/themes.
- Golding. William. Lord of the Flies. Penguin Books, 2006.
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