Comparing Lord Of The Flies And To Kill A Mockingbird

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, and Mean Girls, Tina Fey, present as homogenous stories. They share a plethora of similar characteristics. The two works have a fight for leadership. Lord of the Flies and Mean Girls both lack proper supervision of the children. Finally, both use light to symbolize order and darkness to symbolize chaos. Lord of the Flies establishes a microcosm where young boys abide stranded on an island alone without any adult supervision. Mean Girls, by Tina Fey, also establishes a microcosm where teenagers endure unsupervised by adults. Both of these stories show that without proper supervision all youths will let the beast-like nature unfold.

The novel “Lord Of The Flies” is about a plane crashing onto an Island and no adult supervision left for the group of young boys that were left behind. The two boys first introduced in the story, Ralph and Piggy, find all of the boys along the island and gather together realizing they're left on their own and can do whatever they want . The boys then create a structured civilization using a conch shell to communicate and lead but it doesn't quite work out. In the novel, “Lord Of The Flies” written by William Golding,the story supports the philosopher Thomas Hobbes’ theory of the “Ruthless Savage” because the boys are portrayed as bullies and careless. The movie “The Hunger Games” shows several of the same qualities as the novel “Lord Of The Flies”.

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is a novel about a group of boys who are lost on a deserted island and must do what they can to survive. At the beginning of the novel, two of the boys, Ralph and Jack, become leaders. These differences will form the main conflict in the story. The differences will cause them to hate each other and the anger that results is a recurring part of the plot throughout the novel. These two boys can be compared by the way they change, the reason for their actions, and the way they use or abuse power.

"Change is the essence of life. Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.” Linking the movie and novel of William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” there are many apparent differences. Despite the common plot, Hook failed to give the viewers the right idea of what Golding was trying to convey. Likewise, it is not only a change with the actual story line but also with some of the ways the characters acted. The 3 major differences that were seen are the shattering of the conch, the pilot’s presence, and Ralph’s attitude towards Piggy. Due to these major differences the novel left a greater impact on its readers than the movie on its viewers.

The book “Lord Of The Flies” is about a plane crashing onto an Island and no adult supervision left for the group young boys left behind. Once all of the boys that were scattered along the island gathered, they realized that they were left on there own and can do whatever they want to. The boys then created a structured civilization that doesn't quite strive throughout their time there. In the novel, “Lord Of The Flies” written by William Golding the novel supports philosopher Thomas Hobbes’ theory of the “Ruthless Savage” because the boys are portrayed as bullies and careless. The movie “The Hunger Games” shows several of the same qualities as the novel “Lord Of The Flies”.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a multi-faceted novel which explores the principles and morals of people in the South during the 1930s. Mockingbirds are symbolic of the people that society abuse. Lee narrates the events of the novel using Scout’s voice and uses this technique to add emotional context and develop themes. Themes of racial and classist prejudice are developed by Lee to challenge the reader. These techniques are all powerful ways to alter the views of the reader.

Simon and Piggy are brutally murdered by the power-hungry savage, Jack Merridew. The island is never the same after their departures. Ralph reflects on how much the island has crumbled when hiding from Jack and his tribe of savages, "The breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and Simon lay over the island like a vapor. These painted savages would go further and further" (Golding, 184). Both Piggy and Simon have such an important role in keeping the balance on the island. Piggy’s character is symbolic for knowledge and reason; Simon’s for faith and religion. Both of these righteous attributes are lost when the boys leave. Ralph loses all his leverage over the naive littluns when Simon and Piggy pass away. They join Jack’s silly tribe which leaves Ralph outnumbered and ideologically alone. Because of their departure, the basic principles of civilized life are forgotten and beastly savages take over the island. Shakespeare and Golding both emphasize the influence that characters have on the plot of the story. As soon as a significant character is taken away or changed in some way, the environment is reshaped either for better or for worse. The deaths of King Duncan, Simon, and Piggy in Macbeth and Lord of the Flies create consequences that gravely affect other characters, such as Macbeth and Ralph.

The novel, “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding was published in 1954. It’s the story of a group of boys stranded on an island with no adults. Since then, it has had two film adaptions. The first adaption was produced in 1963, directed by the Englishman Peter Brook. This version was filmed in black and white and follows the events of the book very closely. The second adaption came twenty-seven years later in 1990, which was directed by the American Harry Hook. The second adaption did not quite follow the novel in terms of symbolism, the beast and the overall theme while the first adaption was more faithful to the novel.

The theme of The Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is the reason society is flawed is because people are flawed. Although Piggy is knowledgeable, he has many flaws including his laziness and physical inabilities. Ralph is an authority seeker. He sets rules and laws, yet does little to enforce them. Ralph wants to be the ruler, without doing the work to enforce his laws. Jack is persistent. He is rude, harsh and violent in order to get what he wants. He wants to be supreme. Piggy’s flaws are impactful in the story. His laziness and lack of physical ability hurt him in his quest for survival.

The novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is a simplistic view of life in the Deep South of America in the 1930s. An innocent but humorous stance in the story is through the eyes of Scout and Jem Finch. Scout is a young adolescent who is growing up with the controversy that surrounds her fathers lawsuit. Her father, Atticus Finch is a lawyer who is defending a black man, Tom Robinson, with the charge of raping a white girl. The lives of the characters are changed by racism and this is the force that develops during the course of the narrative.

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a beautiful story depicting a family living in the South of the 1930’s, and their struggle against the prejudice which was common to that time. The book centers on Atticus Finch, the father of the family as well as a lawyer, and his fight against prejudice. We see the story unfold through the innocent eyes of his young daughter, Scout, who is free from prejudice and not yet jaded. By viewing events as Scout sees them, the author shows us how to overcome prejudices, and gain tolerance.

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee is a classic tale which anyone can connect to at any race, gender, social class, or age. Taking place in a small town called Maycomb, Alabama, a family finds themselves struggling with a popular topic in their era, race. A young girl, Scout, and her brother Jem try to face the world when their father, Atticus Finch, defends an African-American man in a rape case. They overcome many struggles, including when their aunt, Alexandra, moves in with them. While Scout is growing up taking on many traits of her brother, Alexandra wants her to act more like a girl-to defend the family name of course.

These two classic pieces of literature are the basis of modern day entertainment. Both have been uniquely used in remakes for many modern day movies and television shows. Before the book The Hunger Games came the novel Lord of the Flies written by William Golding in 1954, when a group of boys are stranded on an island after taking part in an aircraft crash. The group of young boys aged six to twelve find themselves stranded on an island without any adults. The boys scramble to find the civilization within them to live however long they need to survive on this island. As time goes on, the boys lose their civility, become savage like, and stray a couple of their own because of that. In the end, their bodies

Though 1954's Lord of The Flies and 1956's The Bad Seed seem like separate entities with their own differing interpretations of morals and ethics, upon closer analysis they may be more related than we realized. So the question begs to be asked: Just how similar are they? Do their differences make them separate or do the differences inadvertently drive the two together? First off, they both concentrate on vulgarity in humans, whether carried out by genetics and human character like the murderous Shirley Temple of sorts, Rhoda Penmark, in The Bad Seed, or the environment in which the individual inhabits like the British schoolboys struggling to coexist after their plane crashed on a remote island in Lord of the Flies. Additionally, they both were published in the same time frame, only two years apart. So it can be assumed that popular culture and the complications of that exact generation could be present in both such as the Cold War or the Postwar Boom which distinctly demonstrated the true brutality that prevails in mankind. However, the setting, characters, and basic plot are altogether different both in literal structure and in a philosophical and domestic quality, one grappling with a conflict of endurance and its close ties with savagery, while the other focuses on a 'murder mystery' type conflict with a sickening twist and subtle film noir tropes. So obviously these two works of art can be seen as analogous. But how far do the connections go?

Lord of the Flies and Heart of Darkness are exceptionally well written novels that teach the readers how to live life. The novels portray how a society depends on the ethical nature of an individual rather than on a political system. Both novels explored the idea of darkness in humans that caused by having desire of power and savagery within society. Conard and Golding believed that if a man is kept isolated from a civilization for long time they would be tempted by evil which leads them into iniquitous conflicts. The dark tone left a negative impact on the characters but, the situation they were in explains their actions. Although human thoughts can be potentially wicked and vicious, the prominent qualities of having moral values and realization demonstrated by different characters prove that human nature is truly good.