The quote “The horror... the horror”
has very strong relationships with the theme of “Lord of the
Flies”. The fear of unknown is one of the themes of “Lord of the
Flies”, it is the reason why the kids turn to savages on the small
island. “That was awful. It kind of sat up-” “There were eyes-”
“Teeth-” “Claws-” “We ran as fast as we could-”(Ch6) is
how Sam and Eric describes the beast, which is actually a shadow they
couldn't see clearly. This is the horror of the kids to the unknown
nature on the island. They imagine the shadow as a fearsome monster
and said they actually saw the monster charging on them. “Maybe
there is a beast.” “maybe its only us”(Ch5) is how Simon thinks
of the beast. He knows that there is no actual beast on the island
but, there is a beast hide deep in everyone's mind. This is the
horror of human nature. The quote “The horror, the horror” is
totally related with “Lord of the Flies”. Every kids on the
island show there horror to the unknown. Without the horror, the kids
might have refrain from turning into savag
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