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to comfort the boy, Ralph appears to feel that this is just another childish fear, like a fear of the dark. But towards the end of this scenario, he attempts to dismiss the idea, which will cause the boys, at such an early stage, to feel any anxiety on the island.
“But there isn’t a beastie!”
Nevertheless, Ralph’s efforts do not pay off:
‘There was no laughter at all now and more grave watching.’Unfortunately for Ralph, he has lost control, due to the fact that he is powerless to prevent the boys believing in the ‘creature’, though he himself does not firmly believe in the existence of the beast:
‘Ralph was annoyed and, for the moment, defeated.’
At the end of the chapter, as the fire is spreading through the forest, the boy with the mulberry birthmark is nowhere to be found. The boys feels guilt and shame at his possible fate. It is strange that the boy who causes the idea of the beast to arise is quickly blotted ...

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suggests that the beast is a sea creature, in ‘deciding on the fear’, a number of explanations are put forward. These range from real wild creatures, like the giant squid, to human beings as the source of the fear:
“I know there isn’t no fear, either.”
Piggy paused.
“Unless we get frightened of people."
This statement of Piggy’s is ironic as it proposes exactly what in the end not only causes the rest of the boys to become even more fearful (as Jack becomes more powerful and brutal than Ralph), but also causes his own downfall. Unreal phenomena are also considered - fear created by the imagination, fear of evil and fear of ...

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