Breaking the Barrier Between Light and Dark
The darkness within an individual is revealed once obstacles are dealt with uncontrollable behaviour. In the film directed by Robert Zemeckis, Cast Away and William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, events demonstrate the conflicts that occur between civilization and savagery. The two comparable forms of media show how the adoption of civil rules gradually leads to the loss of innocence. Certain characters such as Chuck Noland of Cast Away and the British schoolboys of Lord of the Flies struggle to maintain sanity as maturity, imagination, and morality interfere with their actions. To start with, the characters’ level of maturity reflect through how they think and act. In the novel, Lord of the …show more content…
Before the process of removing Chuck’s tooth, he declares, “And to think I used to avoid going to the dentist! Like a kid. I’d avoid it every single chance I got. But now, oh…what I wouldn’t give to have a dentist right in this cave. In fact I wish you were dentist” (Zemeckis, Cast Away). This proves that Chuck does not have the choice but to commit an act of savagery that is necessary for him to do in order to survive. Unlike the younger boys, they neglect the evident traces of civilization since they are all children and have no one to look after them. In conclusion, problems that the characters come across, reveal whether they are mature or immature depending on how they handle the …show more content…
Therefore, the evident difference between the objects is that the pig’s head brings Simon to temptation whereas the volleyball keeps Chuck from going insane due to isolation. Lastly, the protagonists in the novel and the film develop morals that allow them to change over time during the process of finding possible ways to get back to civilization. Firstly, Ralph who plays as a leader in the novel, Lord of the Flies, strictly follows the rules he makes so that the rescue will be successful. As Jack declares that he and the boys want meat, Ralph remarks, “They're hopeless. The older ones aren't much better. D'you see? All day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bathing, or eating, or playing” (Golding 45). Ralph commits to his plans that everyone must follow to form a disciplined society. Also, he thinks that the idea of hunting for meat will increase their state of savagery and the desire to rebel. Similarly to the film, Cast Away, Chuck Noland does not lose hope and continues to try to get away from the island. In Chuck’s own words he states, “I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I am doing. I am staying alive. I keep breathing”
The darkness within an individual is revealed once obstacles are dealt with uncontrollable behaviour. In the film directed by Robert Zemeckis, Cast Away and William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, events demonstrate the conflicts that occur between civilization and savagery. The two comparable forms of media show how the adoption of civil rules gradually leads to the loss of innocence. Certain characters such as Chuck Noland of Cast Away and the British schoolboys of Lord of the Flies struggle to maintain sanity as maturity, imagination, and morality interfere with their actions. To start with, the characters’ level of maturity reflect through how they think and act. In the novel, Lord of the …show more content…
Before the process of removing Chuck’s tooth, he declares, “And to think I used to avoid going to the dentist! Like a kid. I’d avoid it every single chance I got. But now, oh…what I wouldn’t give to have a dentist right in this cave. In fact I wish you were dentist” (Zemeckis, Cast Away). This proves that Chuck does not have the choice but to commit an act of savagery that is necessary for him to do in order to survive. Unlike the younger boys, they neglect the evident traces of civilization since they are all children and have no one to look after them. In conclusion, problems that the characters come across, reveal whether they are mature or immature depending on how they handle the …show more content…
Therefore, the evident difference between the objects is that the pig’s head brings Simon to temptation whereas the volleyball keeps Chuck from going insane due to isolation. Lastly, the protagonists in the novel and the film develop morals that allow them to change over time during the process of finding possible ways to get back to civilization. Firstly, Ralph who plays as a leader in the novel, Lord of the Flies, strictly follows the rules he makes so that the rescue will be successful. As Jack declares that he and the boys want meat, Ralph remarks, “They're hopeless. The older ones aren't much better. D'you see? All day I've been working with Simon. No one else. They're off bathing, or eating, or playing” (Golding 45). Ralph commits to his plans that everyone must follow to form a disciplined society. Also, he thinks that the idea of hunting for meat will increase their state of savagery and the desire to rebel. Similarly to the film, Cast Away, Chuck Noland does not lose hope and continues to try to get away from the island. In Chuck’s own words he states, “I knew, somehow, that I had to stay alive. Somehow. I had to keep breathing. Even though there was no reason to hope. And all my logic said that I would never see this place again. So that's what I am doing. I am staying alive. I keep breathing”