The Importance of the Beast in Lord of the Flies.

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                    The Importance of the Beast in Lord of the Flies

 

   This essay is about the importance of the Beast in Lord of the Flies. In it I will speak about the first mention of the ‘Beast’ and about Ralph, Jack, Piggy and Simon’s reactions to it and the fact that it changes into different things (different images from different people). Also I will talk about how Golding creates this creature and what it is portrayed as.

    Ralph’s reaction to the ‘beast’ is first that it can’t be real there is no such thing, but then as things start happening he gets scared and the ‘beast creature’ plays on his mind, until he actually goes up the mountain. Once he went up the mountain he believed properly, but he believes anything he sees that slightly resembles the ‘beast’. The fact that Ralph said the same thing as the twins means he may have not actually seen its face and believes Sam n Eric because that’s what he think it looks like.

    Jack’s reactions to the ‘beast’ is first that it can’t be real there is no such thing, just like a Ralph but with all the talk of them an the ghost talk he starts believing it but thinks he is better than it and decides to hunt it. When he gets to the top of the mountain he comes straight back down, now he’s not as good as he thinks so Ralph and Roger accompany him and they end up all running back down.

    Piggy doesn’t really encounter the beast but he’s the first to hear about most of the sightings. He obviously doesn’t believe in the beast because he hasn’t seen what everyone else has seen but he also has his own mind so thinks what he wants about the ‘beast’.

    Simon is not scared of anything really he doesn’t believe in the beast and isn’t as affected as much as everyone else is. He also disappears a lot so maybe he has seen the ‘beast’ in the light and knows what it is. He has his own mind and doesn’t really share it with anyone. But that’s good and he’s fearless of most things so doesn’t let the beast bother him.

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    The first imagery of this ‘Beast’ is in the second chapter. Ralph has called a meeting to discuss rules and the jobs that have to be done around the island. Jack and his choir are made the hunters and Jack the leader of them, they also have to look after the fire on top of the mountain. Ralph, Piggy, Simon and some of the littluns are in charge of the shelter and rescue. During the meeting one of the littluns was pushed forward buy the older ones, ‘one side of his face was blotted out by a mulberry-colored ...

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