The Theme Of Fear In "Lord Of The Flies"

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leader of the group, tries to convince the boys that their fear
of a beast is absurd. Ralph is unsuccessful in deterring the fear of the
boys. Several of them tell of monsters they have heard of, like the giant
squid, and ponder the fact that beasts and ghosts may be roaming the island.
Ralph observes all this and is powerless to control the situation. He calls
a vote to decide if the ghosts are real. This is the climax of a series of
futile attempts to hinder their fear. The sanity that is left among the
boys is disappearing rapidly. The fear of the beasts is only growing more
serious. In a group meeting, Simon tries to tell the boys that if there is
a beast to fear, it exists within their own hearts. His attempts are futile
as the boys simply laugh at him. The meeting soon turns chaotic due to
Jack's defiance of Ralph's rules and the boys run off, led by Jack. The
boy's minds are still occupied with thoughts of beasts roaming the island.
Ralph is still on his mission to end ...

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they way
they are?" The Lord of the Flies answers the question of why the
civilization of the boys is a failure. The destructive element is in the
boys themselves – in each boy. The tittle of the head, "Lord of the Flies,"
is a literal translation of the word Beelzebub, the name of a devil in the
Bible. The Lord of the Flies is a very important symbol in the novel. It is
fear unleashed. The pig's head represents the evil of unreason. The files
that buzz over the intestines of the sow are instinctive beings, and they
represent the primitive urges that are beginning to dominate the boys. It
is the destiny of the boys if they do not eliminate their fear of beasts –
beasts that are really in ...

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