Lord of the Flies vs. The Coral Island William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, and R.M. Ballantyne's novel, The Coral Island, are both very popular educational novels that have a similar plot, but are also different in some ways. Written in 1954, the novel, Lord of the Flies, is a story about children that are left stranded on an island after a plane crash. The life of the children starts off well. The children are able to find food, build shelters and maintain order. Eventually, many littluns and even some older boys start disobeying rules which lead to many arguments and fights within the group. As a result, the children separate into two groups, one group with Jack as the leader and another smaller group with Ralph as the leader. Jack's
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First of all, both novels include a group of boys stranded on a tropical island. In both books, the tropical islands are very similar providing the boys with fruits and berries to eat, a place to build shelter, as well as beaches for the boys to play around and have fun in. Another similarity within the novels is that the main characters have the same or similar names. In The Coral Island, the names of the the three main boys are Ralph, Jack and Peterkin. “... introduce myself to the reader as Ralph Rover… Jack Martin was a tall, strapping, broad-shouldered youth of eighteen… my other companion was Peterkin Gay…” (Ballantyne). Just like in The Coral Island, the names of the boys in Lord of the Flies are Ralph, Jack and Piggy. “...they used to call me Piggy...Jack's in charge of the choir...Ralph smiled and held up the conch for silence...”(Golding). Even though Ralph and Jack in both novels have the exact same name, Peterkin and Piggy have names that sound alike. In both novels, life starts out great with freedom and fun, but as the stories progress, life on the island isn’t much fun and games anymore after the children realize that they need to find a way to get rescued. Even though both novels are similar in some ways, like all other novels, they also have some …show more content…
One distinction between the two novels is the age of the children. In Lord of the Flies, the children are between the ages of 6 and 12. However, the boys in The Coral Island are a little older, in their mid teenage and young adult years. Even when the boys encounter pirates in the The Coral Island, they still stick together throughout all the troubles they face. However, when the children are haunted by the thought that a beast might live on the island, the children in Lord of the Flies manage to go against each other instead of helping each other survive. They are so afraid of the possibility of a beast being able to cause them danger that they are able to kill one another with their bare hands and have no regret whatsoever. Unlike in The Coral Island, the boys in Lord of the Flies are portrayed as savages. In The Coral Island, the characters are gentlemen and leaders throughout the entire novel. The boys stay loyal to each other and obey the rules, while also being able to have many fun adventures. Jack, Ralph and Peterkin are able to do anything to keep each other alive. “With the rope and branch Jack soon formed a bow. Then he began to saw hard. In a few seconds the dry wood began to smoke; in less than a minute it caught fire, and in less than a quarter of an hour we were eating and drinking coconuts round a fire that would have roasted an entire sheep, while
First of all, both novels include a group of boys stranded on a tropical island. In both books, the tropical islands are very similar providing the boys with fruits and berries to eat, a place to build shelter, as well as beaches for the boys to play around and have fun in. Another similarity within the novels is that the main characters have the same or similar names. In The Coral Island, the names of the the three main boys are Ralph, Jack and Peterkin. “... introduce myself to the reader as Ralph Rover… Jack Martin was a tall, strapping, broad-shouldered youth of eighteen… my other companion was Peterkin Gay…” (Ballantyne). Just like in The Coral Island, the names of the boys in Lord of the Flies are Ralph, Jack and Piggy. “...they used to call me Piggy...Jack's in charge of the choir...Ralph smiled and held up the conch for silence...”(Golding). Even though Ralph and Jack in both novels have the exact same name, Peterkin and Piggy have names that sound alike. In both novels, life starts out great with freedom and fun, but as the stories progress, life on the island isn’t much fun and games anymore after the children realize that they need to find a way to get rescued. Even though both novels are similar in some ways, like all other novels, they also have some …show more content…
One distinction between the two novels is the age of the children. In Lord of the Flies, the children are between the ages of 6 and 12. However, the boys in The Coral Island are a little older, in their mid teenage and young adult years. Even when the boys encounter pirates in the The Coral Island, they still stick together throughout all the troubles they face. However, when the children are haunted by the thought that a beast might live on the island, the children in Lord of the Flies manage to go against each other instead of helping each other survive. They are so afraid of the possibility of a beast being able to cause them danger that they are able to kill one another with their bare hands and have no regret whatsoever. Unlike in The Coral Island, the boys in Lord of the Flies are portrayed as savages. In The Coral Island, the characters are gentlemen and leaders throughout the entire novel. The boys stay loyal to each other and obey the rules, while also being able to have many fun adventures. Jack, Ralph and Peterkin are able to do anything to keep each other alive. “With the rope and branch Jack soon formed a bow. Then he began to saw hard. In a few seconds the dry wood began to smoke; in less than a minute it caught fire, and in less than a quarter of an hour we were eating and drinking coconuts round a fire that would have roasted an entire sheep, while