... there are no rules, where there is no surveillance, there is only us, then all civility disappears, all morality, all inner instinct of kindness and respect slips away. Your true, real self is exposed under those circumstances. In simple words, we are all savages at heart ... The littluns bring forth the idea of the beast. They have been having nightmares about it, and it's finally brought out in the open. Jack makes sure to differentiate between fear and the beast; an animal on the island. Yet psychologically speaking the fear that the little ones keep inside is connected to ... soul ...

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... the Flies." On this same outting, Simon locates the downed pilot that Sam and Eric claimed as the beast. Running to tell the boys this information, the boys think he is the beast, and kill him, justifying it as fear and instinct. With this action, the split between the boys becomes great, Jack's side being ... savage and painting themselves, while Ralph and Piggy strive for civilization. Though Ralph and Piggy plea for the return of justice, Piggy is pushed down ... for a wild sow, "hurling themselves at her" (135). They savagely kill the animal, spilling her blood all over themselves,...

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• Grade Level: High School