Lord Of The Flies Book Vs Movie

Harry Hooks interpretation of the beloved novel Lord of the Flies, is not what viewers would expect after reading the famous novel created by William Golding, the film appears to be anticlimactic. The book sets the storyline after a tragedy of a plane crash sending many boys to inhabit a small island, the boys have to fight for survival, liberty and above all Hope. This not easy as the book so openly expresses. After one has read the novel, they go to watch the movie unexpectedly finding out that the movie is not what they expecting. The movie fails to capture the horror of the island and the savagery of the boys, leaving viewers utterly bored and angry. William the author, allowed the book to compel a message that human beings posses savage like impulses, giving a feeling of an unstable and vicious island. While the movie doesn't place any emphasis on the harsh landscape, but reveals a serene, adult free island that the boys happily inhabited. Another sharp contrast is the identification of the beast and the development surrounding it. In the film the boys start to feel uneasy while sitting around the fire as Jack tells a horror story of a “thing.” Rather than having the beast progress from a snake like animal, that was fulfilled within the imagination …show more content…
Hooks creation lacked the build upon the major events in the novel as well as the horrific setting that island is suppose to give off. Viewers of the film stared at the screen wondering when the action would take place, or if there ever would be any. In saying this, the movie is in no way a good comparison to the novel. The creation by Goulding leaves viewers on their feet, mesmerized, and waiting to read the next page of the book, while the short film left viewers sitting in there chair, wondering how long was left untill it would finally be