The concept of fear was highly elaborated in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. In the previous post, fear is an emotion that rises because of the feeling or belief that something is dangerous or threatening. This particular emotion that we all possess is used by William Golding and turn it into something that pushes the inner monster that every human being have inside themselves. Golding took advantage of the fact that we all fear of death, fear of losing a part of you, fear of humiliation, etc. while trying to point out that it pushes people to do something that is traumatizing. In the novel, the group of boys had a discussion about the presence of a monster-like creature that they call 'Beastie'. They are oblivious about whether or not the 'Beastie' is really on the same island as them. Golding used this scene to portray some hidden messages about human nature. He used the fact that the boys are ignorant about surviving on an island where adults are ...
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