Hunger Games vs. Lord of the Flies
I loved this novel Lord Of The Flies for many reasons. As I read it I could find all the connections in it, like the book was meant to be a symbolism to World War II, and I really noticed methods of defense and attack, their reactions to what they saw on the island and to each other, this is what made me keep wanting to read as i read i noticed these items of sybolism that leads to bigger things ,which made me enjoy read the book.
I loved how it related to the study in human nature. The idea that people, that kids, could become so hungry for power and harp on it, harp on the idea of something like anarchy, that it could drive to kill. I loved the idea of Ralph’s extreme sane moral of civilization and a need for fair leadership compared to Jack’s lust for power and control. I loved the idea that children could have such an effect on each other, that Roger and Maurice could be so influenced by
Jack’s ideas that they became violent.
I thought it was interesting that despite the fact that Jack was the one who really started it all, except for fighting with Ralph, he never expressed physical violence towards any of the characters. He commanded it, and Maurice and Roger and some of the other boys carried it out, but he never was physically violent to any of the characters other than Ralph and pushing
Piggy at the beginning of the book.
I loved the idea of the invisible beast, or the evil on inside, that this group of boys who had banded together have been pulled so violently apart by a creature who may not even exist. The beast, the idea that false fear can create such chaos and madness. The temptation of animalism and the unrestrained violence that society doesn’t allow. The idea that fear is the root of violence and hatred and unrest and all of that stuff, that fear creates those tendrils of negativity and causes them to grow.
Tacking on to that, I love that Simon is the one who finds the Lord of the Flies (the pig’s head on a
I loved how it related to the study in human nature. The idea that people, that kids, could become so hungry for power and harp on it, harp on the idea of something like anarchy, that it could drive to kill. I loved the idea of Ralph’s extreme sane moral of civilization and a need for fair leadership compared to Jack’s lust for power and control. I loved the idea that children could have such an effect on each other, that Roger and Maurice could be so influenced by
Jack’s ideas that they became violent.
I thought it was interesting that despite the fact that Jack was the one who really started it all, except for fighting with Ralph, he never expressed physical violence towards any of the characters. He commanded it, and Maurice and Roger and some of the other boys carried it out, but he never was physically violent to any of the characters other than Ralph and pushing
Piggy at the beginning of the book.
I loved the idea of the invisible beast, or the evil on inside, that this group of boys who had banded together have been pulled so violently apart by a creature who may not even exist. The beast, the idea that false fear can create such chaos and madness. The temptation of animalism and the unrestrained violence that society doesn’t allow. The idea that fear is the root of violence and hatred and unrest and all of that stuff, that fear creates those tendrils of negativity and causes them to grow.
Tacking on to that, I love that Simon is the one who finds the Lord of the Flies (the pig’s head on a