The Theme Of Fear In "Lord Of The Flies"
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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 disor ....
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.... morals, until their rescue, wh en they
finally see how bad they have been. The plot of this novel is based on fear,
fear that leads to evil.
In ‘Beast from the Water,' fear spreads through the group. Ralph,
the current 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 ....
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Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
