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Lord of the Flies Fear Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
The ground beneath them was a bank covered with sparse grass, torn everywhere by the upheavals of fallen trees, scattered with decaying coconuts and palm saplings. Behind this was the darkness of the forest proper and the open space of the scar. (1.52)
The island at first appearance evokes a mingling of fear and awe.
“We may stay here till we die.”
With that word the heat began to increase till it became a threatening weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding effulgence. (1.125)
OK, just fear now. No more awe.
Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along. Ralph saw it first, and watched until the intentness of his gaze drew all eyes that way. Then the creature stepped from mirage onto clear sand, and they saw that the darkness was not all shadow but mostly clothing. The creature was a party of boys […]. (1.184)
This is about as close as we’re going to get to Golding telling us that the boys are really animals, that they are a dark black creature.
