Critical Lens Essay

 after an airplane crashed and they must either unite or
Ralph Waldo Emerson, once said, “Fear alwaysdivide. After of couple of days of staying on the island
springs from ignorance”. Fear is always present infear has taken over the mind of a few individuals and
one’s longevity if he/she lacks knowledge of themade them paranoid. The young men that became
word itself, which means ignoring something will alwaysdelirious became that way because of ignorance,
cause you to be intimated. Until an action is taken toinstead of getting to know one another they feared
triumph your anxiety, then that fear will continue toeach other without having any knowledge of each
control you throughout your existence. In both theother. Out all the juveniles on the island only one
novel Fences, written by August Wilson and Lord ofindividual faced his fear and that was Simon. There
the Flies, written by William Golding the statement ishas been a rumor stating that there is a beast type
recognized as true statement; and I strongly agreecreature 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 fatherhas a brave person and that character caused
of Cory Maxson encounters his biggest challenge withsomething horrible to happen to him. What makes this
fear. The childhood that Troy experienced weren’tliterature so ironic is how he got killed because the kids
the most pleasant memories to have experienced andon the island misapprehended for the beast and
the fear continued to control him for withholding theannihilated him with spears.
burden of his father’s wrongs. Troy’s dreadful 
childhood has to do with the time period he was livingIn both literatures fear controlled the mind of each
in and his dreams of becoming a baseball player neverindividual, but not everyone handled it well. Fear always
got fulfill because of the racism that was going onspring from knowledge and if you lack that
around his time period. The fear that Troy is facing isknownledge on the word “fear”, then you will
that he can’t stand to see his own son becomealways live in fear. Ignoring something will always
greater than him, he doesn’t want to witness himcause you to be intimated and until an action is taken
become what he never was. The theme of the storyto triumph your anxiety, then that fear will continue to
is that if you don’t stand up to your fears, then it willcontrol 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 detachtheir 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 athem internally. You either ignore it or fight it.
group of young gentlemen are isolated on an island