"Lord of the Flies" Illusion and Reality Theme: Illusion Becomes Reality

What is illusion? What is reality? Illusions make reality and affect reality; therefore the illusion can become the reality that one perceives. This means that, if one keeps on telling oneself, one is "this", eventually, one will become this. There are at least three specific times in Lord of the Flies by William Golding that this can be observed. The illusions that become reality are: Jack the Choir Boy who becomes Jack the Hunter, Simon …

…disappears. One can see how illusion becomes reality, and therefore the illusion that one perceives is reality. This is proven by many examples in Lord of the Flies. The illusion of Jack the Choir Boy who becomes Jack the Hunter, the Beast who becomes Simon through the eyes of the rebel tribe, and with the conch which becomes a symbol of the civilisation. One could ask himself, is it always true that illusion becomes reality?