all about fear in "Lord of the Flies" by Golding

The Lord of the Flies is all about fear. Golding seems to be suggesting that fear, and its complications are the source of all evil. Throughout the novel, the boys show fear in many things. They see and hear assorted things on the island and assume them to be beasts to be dreaded. After much disorder and turmoil on the island, a group of hunters offer a gift to the much sought after and feared …

…Ralph's phrase, 'the darkness of man's heart.' vividly describes his feelings of shame and confusion of how the others could be so bad. At the end of the novel, he cries 'for the end of innocence...and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.' Their fears were rooted in beasts throughout the novel. This led the boys offering a gift to this beast, and innocent boys being murdered.