Essay Archive - The Theme of Fear In "Lord of The Flies"
The Theme of Fear In "Lord of The Flies"
The Lord of the Flies is all about fear. Golding seems to be
suggesting that fear, and its complications are the source of all evil.
Throughout the novel, the boys show fear in many things. They see and hear
assorted things on the island and assume them to be beasts to be dreaded.
After much disorder and turmoil on the island, a group of hunters offer a
gift to the much sought after and feared beast. A young boy, who is not a
part of the group of hunters, encounters their gift to the feared beast and
he even ‘talked' to it, learning the caus....
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