The Changes in the Boys

Fear became the very reason that the boys changed.
From the change in mind set to the change in behavior.
From a civilized community to a group of savage murderers.
Thus, the concept of fear underlines the plot of the Lord of the Flies.

Emotions strongly influence the behavior of an individual. Golding used this information to show the readers that the emotion of fear can lead to a behavior that can defend an individual. The plot of the novel Lord of the Flies is to highlight the changes that the boys have experienced while surviving on the uninhabited island.

The boys started the journey to survive on the island by setting some rules that can help them realize that they are still civilized people. As they were still living under the rules, they were having a discussion about the fear of a boy in the group. The fear of the Beastie. That discussion made the whole group question whether or not the belief of the monstrous figure is lurking on the very island that they are on. The belief or the fear of the existence of the Beastie affected majority of the boys in both mind set and behavior.

As time progresses in the novel, the boys have started to change because of the fact that they strongly believe in the existence of the Beastie that can potentially hurt them. The climax of the novel was reached when the boys have finally disregarded the rules that they have set and also common sense. Golding presented the climax by letting the boys murder Simon because of the fear that they have about the Beastie and thought that Simon was the Beastie that shifted into a human figure.

With the accident that occurred to Simon, Jack, the boy who had always wanted to overthrow Ralph in being chief, used the emotion of fear of the boys to gain authority over Ralph. The boys, except for Ralph, Piggy, Samneric, and Simon, they gave in and followed the orders of Jack to basically protect themselves from danger while also survive by hunting. This leads to the fact that savagery has finally won against civilization over majority of the boys. At this point of the novel, it is surely evident that fear caused all of the events that had happened in the Lord of the Flies.

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