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Connection To Lord Of The Flies
One of the main connections that I can make is that to the Hunger Games. More the idea of kids killing other kids. The only real difference between them is that in the Hunger Games, the kids kill each other not because they want too or because they enjoy it. They do it to survive. In the Lord of the Flies though, it's quite the contrary. They kill because they can and enjoy doing it. Not out of mere survival. Another connection that I made had to do with the theme of the book, the evil inside everyone. The natural tendency to become savages if not tamed by a civilization that demands us to do so. We see this today all over the world. Any war is a result of this evil inside us. If this evil didn't exist, then there would have been no need for war. We …show more content…
Like the boys in Lord of the Flies, they too are stranded on an island trying to be rescued. There was also a presence of a beast in the television series just as in the book. They also had pigs on the island like in the Lord of the Flies. On the same token, Survivor is also very similar to the Lord of the Flies and is even more similar than Lost is. Survivor also takes place on an island. Everyone starts off as friends in the show, just like in the book. Then, they split up into two groups in the show, just like the book. On the show, someone usually becomes the ultimate back stabber and will do anything to win. That would be Jack in the book. Another connection is to bullying today. Bullying is present everywhere. Doesn’t matter where you're from, what culture, race, or ethnicity you’re from, your age, social or financial status, you have seen, encountered, been a victim or even participated in bullying someone or was bullied. This is connected to Piggy in the book. Everyone bullies Piggy. They do this because he’s an outsider to them (Golding 68). He’s fat (1), wears glasses (2), has trouble with asthma (8), he has an accent (68) and he has very mature

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