Books are made into movies for many reasons. It can be to help a reader understand the book better, or simply for entertainment. A movie producer cannot fit every single thing from a book into a movie, so often, viewers who have read the novel notice many differences between the two. The Lord of the Flies is not exempt from this, so there are many things that were changed between the book and movie, even though they are the same. Even, though, the characters, beast, mood, and many other topics are changed, significantly or not, the movie is better for readers for understanding the novel. Saying that books and their movies have differences, they also have many similarities, being that they’re based off the same exact plot, mostly.
One comparison between the 1990 movie and the novel, is that the conch was definitely not as significant in the movie, whereas, in the novel, it held and represented a very strong idea: civilization. The conch was the last thing the boys had that kept some order and civilization throughout them, and in the movie, it did not really hold that important of a role, due to everyone immediately disrespecting the rule. In the novel, some boys did not follow the rule, but Ralph still …show more content…
In the novel, the theme and mood is very dark and angsty, whereas the movie is not portrayed as darkly. A certain scene in the storyline that was not as scary and dark in the movie as it was in the book, was Simon’s murder. In the story, it is very dreadful and a scary scene, describing with great detail how atrocious the actual murder was, but since the Lord of the Flies was not as much as a symbol of fear in the movie, it was not as much of an abhorrent event. In the novel, the Lord of the Flies is something that all the boys, even the bravest of them all, were afraid of. In the movie, the fear was not as present in the boy’s actions or personality, which is something that was a major
One comparison between the 1990 movie and the novel, is that the conch was definitely not as significant in the movie, whereas, in the novel, it held and represented a very strong idea: civilization. The conch was the last thing the boys had that kept some order and civilization throughout them, and in the movie, it did not really hold that important of a role, due to everyone immediately disrespecting the rule. In the novel, some boys did not follow the rule, but Ralph still …show more content…
In the novel, the theme and mood is very dark and angsty, whereas the movie is not portrayed as darkly. A certain scene in the storyline that was not as scary and dark in the movie as it was in the book, was Simon’s murder. In the story, it is very dreadful and a scary scene, describing with great detail how atrocious the actual murder was, but since the Lord of the Flies was not as much as a symbol of fear in the movie, it was not as much of an abhorrent event. In the novel, the Lord of the Flies is something that all the boys, even the bravest of them all, were afraid of. In the movie, the fear was not as present in the boy’s actions or personality, which is something that was a major