Fear In Lord Of The Flies

One of the greatest emotions that controls the way any person thinks in certain situations, especially in Lord Of The Flies, is fear. The fact that except Jack, all of the boys are younger then thirteen greatly affects the amount of fear that controlled them. 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 rational at times, from questioning curious circumstances and it physically bothered so many of the boys, so many times. Fear was also one of the reasons why the most of the boys became such savages. Considering that the boys were British, they’re supposed to be well mannered and civilized. As Jack states on page 42;
“After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything. So we’ve got to do the right things.”
They were exactly this at the beginning of the book until one of the littluns says;
“He say's the beastie came in the dark”
This get...