Tomorrow, when the war began has a sense of hope, whereas Lord of the Flies promotes despair. When two girls, from Tomorrow, When the War Began, decide to spend their Christmas holidays in a bush with a group of friends, they don 't expect a war to erupt in their small town of Wirrawee. Luckily, they see light at the end of the tunnel and do their best to get through the ups and downs of real life in a war. But this isn 't the case for a troop of boys, in Lord of the Flies, when they become stranded on an island after their plane crashed. Before they knew it, a war had broken out between two groups. In their minds, they knew they needed to survive because they were going to be on that island for a long time, maybe even their 'whole lives '. There is evidence to prove that Tomorrow, When the War Began is more hopeful, when Lord of the Flies is promoting …show more content…
As a result, the group from Tomorrow, When the War Began risk their lives in search of their family and friends. However, in Lord of the Flies, they give up on remembering their past and get on with their new lives leaving no hope for the future. For example, when one of the characters, Jack, decides he wants his own 'tribe ', he leaves, taking other members with him. Jack 's relationship with the other people in his tribe is poor and not only that, but Jack is using them to make himself feel more powerful. While, Ellie, from Tomorrow, When the War Began, shows optimism, imagining what her parents would be like whilst being trapped by the soldiers. This proves that relationships certainly contribute in endorsing hope in Tomorrow, When the War Began, and despair, in Lord of the