Why does Golding let the reader know what the “beast” really is before the novel’s characters find out? What effect does “spoiling” this for the reader have, and how does this communicate one of the novel’s themes?
At the end of chapter 7 (122-123), Ralph and Jack come face to face with “the beast.” At this point in the novel, the reader knows exactly what this creature really is, but in this moment, Golding writes from the boys’ perspective, and works to capture the fear and anxiety they experience as they encounter the unknown. Earlier in the novel (94-95), Golding describes a doomed pilot falling down to the island, only to get dragged up the mountain by his parachute. The reader knows that the “beast” is really this man’s body, but the boys run away before they can reach this same conclusion.
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