2nd draft essay

Essay 2^nd Draft

 

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding many young boys are stranded on an island in the middle of the ocean. In a series of paragraphs I will explain to you my thoughts on a particular symbol in the novel. The symbol I will be talking about is the beast that the boys imagine to be living on the island, which very well is. The next few paragraphs will show evidence of a beast lurking through the jungle; this beast is called human.

As the boys begin to lose control and order the beast begins to crawl out from the jungle and snatch up once innocent little boys to use as pawns in a disturbing game of Risk ™. The beast’s existence is made up of the bad behaviour the children display in the novel. The more savage the boys act, the more real the beast becomes.

The boys are so afraid of the beast because the beast exists within all of them and as they grow more savage, the beast grows as well. Simon is the first to realize this and tries to share his ideas but is blown off by laughter. “What I mean is… Maybe it’s only us.” Simon is still pure of heart and may pose to have some darkness but not the will to use it or show any signs of a beast trying to get out.

Another thing I noticed is that the island seems to stand for the earth like the boys living on the island is just a reincarnation of the messed up world we live in now. With all the chemicals going into the air and other harmful things we’re doing to the earth we might as well be lighting it completely on fire.

The only beast to be found is deep within or maybe not so deep after all.

The boys get too caught up with doing what they want that they become savage and beastlike. To explain their savageness Jack uses a fake beast as a scapegoat to keep the kids in fear and therefore seem like a protector as he hunts the beast undoubtedly fearful.