LOTF Reading Focus

Reading Times (LOTF):
12/3    pp. 95-99    10 min
12/4    pp. 99-124    75 min
12/5    pp. 124-145    50 min
12/6    pp. 145-169    60 min
12/8    pp. 169-183    35 min
Total Time: 230 min


            My focus for Lord of the Flies is fear. There is obviously a lot about fear throguhout the course of this book specifically concerning the beast. Although, there is sometimes a surprising lack of fear in some of the boys. One time that a lack of fear was apparent was on one of the first few pages of the book (page 8). Ralph realizes that they are alone with no grownups and starts to celebrate. You would think this would make little boys kind of scared.
           Another key moment for my focus was when the beast was first brought up by the boy with the birthmark on his face (page 36). The beast ends up representing all fear in the book so this was a critical moment for establishing fear on the island.
             A third key moment for fear in this book was when Simon staggers out of the woods into the chanting circle of hunters (page 152). The hunters start chanting and act like he is the beast. Simon screams out in terror and is totally defensless as he is basically tortured to death. This proves Simon's previous theory that the beast was inside of all of them and represents that they were just fearing themselves.