Fear

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What is fear?
What comes to your mind when you hear the word fear?
Do you automatically think about the haunting of the man in the mask carrying a knife in the slasher film "The Scream"? Or do you think about losing someone? Or maybe.. losing yourself?

The Scream (1893) by Edvard Munch

Fear is defined as the unpleasant emotion caused belief that something is dangerous or threatening. There are uncountable numbers of fear, but people suggest we all share fear of extinction or death; fear of humiliation and worthlessness; fear of abandonment or rejection; and fear of losing a part or control of our body or self. All these fears shows that every single human fear eventually relates to themselves and their mental state. If someone is afraid that their loved ones are going to be gone someday, it's being afraid of losing, and the thought that we are going to be alone.

There are also fear of fear. The thought of being in a unpleasant state of fear. Being afraid to mount on that roller coaster ride because you can't bare the thought that you will be terrified. Also, fear of the unknown. The thought of facing an unfamiliar thing or situation. The haunting anticipation of the appearance of the scary facade in a horror movie. We are scared of the figure because it is something we've never or rarely encountered and that it is threatening. In that scenario, we are afraid of being possessed, which is fear of losing control of our body; and afraid of being killed, which is fear of death.

In the novel Lord of the Flies, fear is a fundamental theme and concept. How is fear interpreted in the book and how does it affect the boys stranded on an island?

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