Beasts from Within and Without
The Lord of the Flies, which I strangely enjoyed, developed many thoughts in my mind. One of which was the idea of some kind of beast was inside me, and all humans. In the novel by William Golding, more than one form of this beast came to be, a physical form, an emotional form, and a mental form.The most noticeable beast is the beast’s physical appearance. A small boy’s imagination bringing vines to life, a man’s body floating from an attacked plane, and a sow’s head on a spike are the main appearances of the creature. A “littlun” first flashes the idea of a beast because of a childish thought. The parachutist careens down becoming a puppet of the wind creating an unreal fantasy. The sow’s head propped up speaking with Simon likewise gives a ghastly feeling of a spook. These views of the beast are easiest to identify and do not require much thought or digging to determine. The way
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Approximate Word count = 624
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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