Primal Fear         In a society complete cooperation by all members must occur for any progress and construction to take place. When stuck on a deserted island in Golding's Lord of the Flies, Ralph, Piggy, and the rest of the choirboys have no choice open to them but to eke out a living and to attempt to survive while waiting for rescue. This can create a major burden for a group of grown men much less …showed first 75 words of 645 total…

…showed last 75 words of 645 total…Jack's malicious acts and fear garrote all of Ralph's plans to construct and progress on the island. Jack causes the death of Simon, the indirect death of Piggy, entertains the chance that nobody could find the children and save them, and the feasibility that the whole population of the island to become no better than the pigs that they hunted. Fear is something that can destroy a whole society in the blink of an eye.