My reading focus for Lord of the Flies is fear. Chapter 5 definitely involved a lot about fear. The littluns were talking about the beast that they are afraid of at night at the assembly. Most of the older boys don't believe any of it at all at first, but you can tell that some of them are a little scared of what the young boys are talking about.
You can tell that Jack is somewhat scared of this beast by the way he keeps asking the young boys questions about it. If he doesn't believe in it at all, why would he be asking so many questions? It suprised me that Piggy seemed not to be scared of this so-called beast and says that he doesn't believe it exists at all. I thought Piggy would be the one who would be most frightened and start freaking out.
The beast is essentially the engine for turmoil in the story. I don't think Piggy should have been one to freak out, because he represents wisdom and the realism of adult civilization.
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