LOTF Response

[Piggy:] "I don't agree with all Jack said, but with some.  'Course there isn't a beast in the forest.  How could there be?  What would a beast eat?"
"Pig."
"We eat pig."
"Piggy!"
"I got the conch!" said Piggy indignantly.  "Ralph--they ought to shut up, oughtn't they?  You shut up, you littluns!  What I mean is that I don't agree about this here fear.  Of course there isn't nothing to be afraid of in the forest.  Why--I been there myself!  You'll be talking about ghosts and such things next.  We know what goes on and if there's something wrong, there's someone to put it right."
He took off his glasses and blinked at them.  The sun had gone as if the light had been turned off. [...]
"Life," said Piggy expansively, "is scientific, that's what it is.  In a year or two when the war's over they'll be traveling to Mars and back.  I know there isn't no beast--not with claws and all that, I mean--but I know there isn't no fear either."
Piggy paused.
"Unless--"
Ralph moved restlessly.
"Unless what?"
"Unless we get frightened of people." (83-84)

This passage is about the fear on the island. This scene is where the group is determining if the beast is real or not. Piggy is denying the realness of a true beast, while everyone takes it in a joking manner. Piggy looks to Ralph for help in controlling the people., but he receives no help. Piggy finally comes to the conclusion that the only beast on the island is humanity's evil.

This passage shows me how confident Piggy is in his safety from everything, except other people. It expands upon the idea of humanity being evil, which I believe in. I feel like this evil is greed and selfishness. Humans sometimes forget that caring about other people can get you farther in life than anything else. If people realize this, humanity could be better.