| | | | | after an airplane crashed and they must either unite or |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson, once said, “Fear always | | | | divide. After of couple of days of staying on the island |
| springs from ignorance”. Fear is always present in | | | | fear has taken over the mind of a few individuals and |
| one’s longevity if he/she lacks knowledge of the | | | | made them paranoid. The young men that became |
| word itself, which means ignoring something will always | | | | delirious became that way because of ignorance, |
| cause you to be intimated. Until an action is taken to | | | | instead of getting to know one another they feared |
| triumph your anxiety, then that fear will continue to | | | | each other without having any knowledge of each |
| control you throughout your existence. In both the | | | | other. Out all the juveniles on the island only one |
| novel Fences, written by August Wilson and Lord of | | | | individual faced his fear and that was Simon. There |
| the Flies, written by William Golding the statement is | | | | has been a rumor stating that there is a beast type |
| recognized as true statement; and I strongly agree | | | | creature on the isle and Simon was the only who |
| with the acknowledgment contributed in the quotation. | | | | actually had the courage to go explore the island to |
| | | | | find out what that thing was. Simon is characterized |
| In the literary Fences, Troy Maxson who is the father | | | | has a brave person and that character caused |
| of Cory Maxson encounters his biggest challenge with | | | | something horrible to happen to him. What makes this |
| fear. The childhood that Troy experienced weren’t | | | | literature so ironic is how he got killed because the kids |
| the most pleasant memories to have experienced and | | | | on the island misapprehended for the beast and |
| the fear continued to control him for withholding the | | | | annihilated him with spears. |
| burden of his father’s wrongs. Troy’s dreadful | | | | |
| childhood has to do with the time period he was living | | | | In both literatures fear controlled the mind of each |
| in and his dreams of becoming a baseball player never | | | | individual, but not everyone handled it well. Fear always |
| got fulfill because of the racism that was going on | | | | spring from knowledge and if you lack that |
| around his time period. The fear that Troy is facing is | | | | knownledge on the word “fear”, then you will |
| that he can’t stand to see his own son become | | | | always live in fear. Ignoring something will always |
| greater than him, he doesn’t want to witness him | | | | cause you to be intimated and until an action is taken |
| become what he never was. The theme of the story | | | | to triumph your anxiety, then that fear will continue to |
| is that if you don’t stand up to your fears, then it will | | | | control you throughout your existence. The one’s |
| continue to threaten you every single day of your life. | | | | who fought with their anxieties has had a change in |
| Troy held on to his past and never learned to detach | | | | their character and the one’s who didn’t |
| from it and that’s what lead him to his demise. | | | | continue to experience the same problems everyday. |
| | | | | The same problems continue to build up and consume |
| Fear is taken into effect in Lord of the Flies because a | | | | them internally. You either ignore it or fight it. |
| group of young gentlemen are isolated on an island | | | | |