The concept of fear is rather simple on first glance, but rather powerful on analysis. Fear can be thought of as an acronym for false evidence appearing real, and this evidence appearing real can be manipulative, destructive, or maybe even beneficial. In the Lord of the Flies and the Book Thief, fear is a common factor in the character’s decisions. Fear can take many forms, but also have many forms. For instance fear can act as a powerful force in general that causes an immense change. Fear can also have a strong negative impact, but fear can have a strong positive impact as well. Throughout Lord of the Flies and The Book Thief, the authors use fear as a powerful force that manipulates and changes the lives of their characters. The authors …show more content…
In the Book Thief, it is fear that caused Max to be driven away from the Hubermanns. As a result of Hans feeding bread to a enslaved Jew during a parade, Max was forced to flee. As a matter of fact “Max was gone, and Hans Hubermann was to blame.”(Zusak, 399). Max left due to fear, and as a result this created a negative impact among Liesel as she was very close to him. Furthermore, the factor of fear is what influences Liesel to contact her Mother. Liesel was learning letter writing at school and she took this as an opportunity to reach out to her mother, she asks Hans “Would I be able to write a letter to Mama?”(Zusak, 96), as she hopes her mother is still alive. However Hans and Rosa have a more clear picture of reality, in a discussion Hans says that “I couldn't say no” and Rosa later says that “She should just forget her. Who knows where she is? Who knows what they’ve done to her”(Zusak, 96). It is clear that Liesel’s mother has most likely been killed, or is in a position that would not allow for communications. Liesel fears this too, but she still tries in hope of hearing from her mother. Similarly, fear is also employed as a negative power in Lord of the flies. Jack, a fairly controlling individual in Lord of the Flies is generally a person to be feared. However Jack has fears of his own, and he shows these fears as his thirst for power consumes …show more content…
Fear is a powerful force that controls the characters, it does not only act as a light and dark force but it can act as a general force that causes immense change. In the Book Thief, an immense change caused by fear is the holocaust. Max Vandenberg lived a fairly normal life as a Jew, however it is the holocaust that separated him from his mother. As Max left his mother, Max felt that he should have “...turned for one last look at his family as he left the apartment” he would have felt that “the guilt would not have been so heavy.” as the guilt of leaving his Mother due to fearing for his life caused an immense change for Max and his family. Both the Book Thief and Lord of The Flies share this immense change caused by fear. A rumored beast on the island caused an immense amount of fear for all. The tension caused by the fear caused changes to their actions. Fear of the beast is what killed Simon, on a night when they were eating pig around a fire they began a chant, saying that “Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!” and as the chant progresses “The movement became regular while the chant lost its first superficial excitement and began to beat like a steady pulse.”(Golding, 152,eventually this lead to everybody being seduced by this savage chant. In the meantime, Simon had just returned to tell them that there is no beast as he found the dead parachutist. As a result Simon was killed, and the death of
Fear is a powerful emotion. Wikipedia.com describes fear as “an emotion induced by threat perceived by living entities, which causes a change in brain and organ function and ultimately change behavior, such as running away, hiding or freezing from traumatic events.”Most people tend to avoid fearful situations, not realizing that something positive may come out of the event or experience. Victor Villaseñor focuses on the topic of fear in his novel titled Burro Genius. Villaseñor demonstrates to readers how growing up he was extremely fearful of any situation. Victor also tells his readers how he turned his fear into motivation into motivation to keep going and reach his ultimate goal of becoming a published author.
The context behind the author of Lord of the Flies is significant to the meaning of the novel, it shapes the decisions behind what occurs in the text, Willian Goudlings’s participation in World War One, conflicted his feelings towards human kind and their destructive and evil notions.
“Often fear of one evil leads us into a worse”(Despreaux). Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux is saying that fear consumes oneself and often times results in a worse fate. William Golding shares a similar viewpoint in his novel Lord of the Flies. A group of boys devastatingly land on a deserted island. Ralph and his friend Piggy form a group. Slowly, they become increasingly fearful. Then a boy named Jack rebels and forms his own tribe with a few boys such as Roger and Bill. Many things such as their environment, personalities and their own minds contribute to their change. Eventually, many of the boys revert to their inherently evil nature and become savage and only two boys remain civilized. The boys deal with many trials, including each other, and true colors show. In the end they are being rescued, but too much is lost. Their innocence is forever lost along with the lives Simon, a peaceful boy, and an intelligent boy, Piggy. Throughout the novel, Golding uses symbolism and characterization to show that savagery and evil are a direct effect of fear.
One of many prominent themes in William Golding's novel, the Lord of the Flies, is Fear. From the very first chapter, until the last, fear plays an important role in this text. It is the only thing, which stops the boys from acting rationally at times, from questioning curious circumstances and it physically hindered so many of the boys, so many times. The active role of fear in Lord of the Flies, was intentionally used by Golding, because he knew what images it would create. Fear is described by Mirriam- Webster's English dictionary, as To be uneasy or apprehensive'. This feeling is mutually experienced by all of the boys on the island in many different ways. Initially the boys have an obvious fear of being alone, which then brings upon the fear of what we know as the beast, or as the littluns refer to is, as the beastie'. While this fear continues for the whole of the novel, we are also exposed to three other incidents of fear. The first of these is the civilised fear of consequences, displayed only when the children are seen as young civilised boys, in the earliest chapters. The final two are of a different nature, with those fears being the loss of power, the fear of rejection and the fear of being in the minority. All of these different fears, then relate back to the character, and as was expertly planned out by William Golding, influences the characters attitudes and behaviours.
Fear influences people to make irrational decisions and take extreme measures. Often times, these actions are done to protect one’s reputation. Fear causes people to lie and manipulate to those they care about in order to escape what they are scared of most. Fear of failure has caused higher levels of anxiety, and has made society put blame on each other, rather than owning up to their mistakes. Fear can also cause one to forget one’s true identity and lose one’s values. There are two options that one can take when being faced with a fear: run away from the fear, or go through it and learn a valuable lesson in the end that will make you a stronger person. Fear is a harmful emotion that everyone has to go through in order to succeed.
Picture being in a group of young children stranded on an island with an some unknown monstrosity that may or may not even exist. Well, In the novel titled “The Lord of the Flies”, William Golding displays an unyielding allegorical warning about the idea of a dictator taking over, democracy being destroyed, and the breaking down of civilization in society which is gripped by fear and uncertainty. This sort of fear of uncertainty comes into play when the certain symbolic concepts are first introduced into the novel when the island was still pure. Then as time goes on, a democracy is developed in order to take control of all that is going on but their sanity starts to break down as a concept of fear is put upon them. Golding warns his audience
Adolf Hitler was a brilliant leader with horrid morals. Throughout history many leaders have ruled over people using fear and evil to gain more power. Although very wrong, many of these leaders have been successful and gained their people’s trust. According to Rousseau people were all pure at once, but all of the evil and negativity take their toll eventually. Evil corrupts society. It affects even the purist of living beings. This is especially shown in The Lord of the Flies, a book about a group of young boys who crash onto an island and have to fend for themselves, and potentially their group. Throughout William Golding’s novel, The Lord of the Flies, symbols show how evil and fear corrupt society.
American journalist Dorothy Thompson once said, “Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.” Unfortunately, for the boys in Lord of the Flies by William Golding, an imaginary beast that the boys introduced themselves denies them the ability to live without fear. A World War Three refugee plane carrying a group of British boys is shot down over the Pacific Ocean and crashes into the jungle of an uninhabited island. Only the boys survive the crash, and they must band together to survive and hope for rescue. Through Lord of the Flies, Golding shows that fear is the downfall of logical society.
Fear is defined as an unpleasant emotion that is caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous. The boys in Lord of the Flies, are thrown on an island with nothing to help them survive. These children run to fear, rather than their peers, to help support each other when dangerous situations arise. Fear is an emotion that humans experience on a daily basis, and it is vital for our survival. It protects people from the danger that confines them, which then leads to how they act or behave in certain situations. Decision making, perception, and the way people are viewed, are all major factors that are heavily dependent on the amount of fear being influenced.
“The thing is – fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream” (“William Golding quotes.”). Fear lives to haunt and torment the person to a point of destruction and can be within everyone. Although a person is able to overcome fear, it is still very dangerous because it affects the person as well as everyone and everything around. In the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the boys are all so overwhelmed by fear that the island starts to recede into a state damaged beyond repair. In this case, Jack’s fear of not being leader originally starts to affect him, but it gradually starts to affect Ralph, and the rest of the boys. Ralph’s fear of survival brings out his inner savageness and an innocent life is taken away. Lastly, the boys’ fear of the beast causes them to feel so unsafe and uncertain that they are willing to do anything. As a result of the boys being consumed by these fears, it becomes the most destructive force on the island.
In closing, fear can make people act in ways that are unfamiliar to them, whether their fear is valid or imaginary. In reply to fear, people may act defensively by being violent, fear can either stop one from doing something, or it can make one behave in an absurd unpredictable behaviour. As revealed, fear is demonstrated in the “Lord of the Flies” in three major ways: Simon’s lack of fear, Ralph’s fear of being isolated, and Jacks vast fear of being over powered by Ralph. Evil and fear is brought to the island by the boys themselves believed Golding. The world will essentially always have the same problem until every human being on the earth is unblemished, until there is no more evil or fear in the world. Obviously fear isn’t over rated.
In The Lord of the Flies, fear is the cause of all destruction and violence, which leads to savagery, and disobeying of human morals. Throughout the entire book fear is what drives these young innocent boys into savagery, and what also pulls most of them away from expectable human behavior. Without the normal rules of society helping to guide them, they become disoriented with the new surroundings, therefore freighting them into savage ways.
Throughout the book, The Maze Runner by James Dashner, the feeling of fear is ever present. In the beginning fear is felt by Thomas as he is trapped in the dark, with no memory and unsure of what is awaiting him at the top of the lift. Later, fear is felt by all of the gladers as things start to change and differ from their systematic lifestyle. Not to mention, the constant fear felt daily by the gladers as the try to stay alive while finding a way out of the maze.
Fear drives people to act completely out of character and unusual for themselves. In most cases, the change of character is not for the best. Sophie Wender acts un-brave and afraid when she runs away from the fear of the unknown. Joseph Storm acts not so out of character for himself, but out of character for a fatherly figure when facing the problem of his son asking something he fears. Lastly, Emily Storm acts very out of character from her naturally caring motherly self when she calls her niece who has a deviation a monster. Fear is a one of the strongest emotions humans have to face. When faced with fear, everyone must learn to control their emotions so they do not come off as someone they are not.
Fear releases evil within man’s heart. In William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, British schoolboys become castaways on an uninhabited island. As the boys live on the island, rumors of a beast circulate, bringing to light the boys’ inner savagery. The boys' moral degradation becomes even more apparent when they are compared to Simon, a pure soul who, despite suffering from epilepsy, treks up a dangerous mountain to discover the truth about the beast. Religious symbols, such as Simon, the Lord of the Flies, and the setting, show that when good and evil collide, fear and ignorance become dangerous enemies of reason.