Beasts from Within and Without

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 …

…exactly knew the true beast and it’s origin; the hunters are trapped within blood lusting minds. After reading the book and glancing from numerous perspectives of its meanings, I feel as if Golding knew what he was writing about. Man is savage underneath. There is a beast contained by all of us, some too small to notice, yet it is still there. Be the beast physical, emotional, or mental, it loiters. Waiting for freedom.