“Lord of the Flies, far from being a mere fiction or fable, it is also an authentic history of World War II and its psychological aftermath.” The Lord of the Flies takes place during World War II, when a group of boys were fleeing in a plane, they got shot down, and were stranded on a deserted island. “What is the Beast” is the statement, but the answer to that question gradually changes over time throughout. “What is the Beast?” was originally answered with fear. “Begin to people the darkness of night and forest with spirits and demons which had previously appeared only in their dreams or fairy tales…They externalize these fears into the figure of a ‘beast’”(Doc A). “You couldn’t have a beastie, a snake-thing, on an island this size”(Doc