Lord Of The Flies Book Comparison

Lord of the Flies (1963) is a drama, thriller and adventure film which is a powerful adaptation of Lord of the Flies that is written by William Golding. Peter Brook uses a non-professional crew and cast for his black and white documentary like movie. Choosing names like James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin and Tom Garman makes the movie valuable because all these names have something in common: All these boys are nonactors, but they make a great job at the end. Peter Brook and his actors make a successful adaptation of the novel by having some parts in common and differences.
In this film adaptation, there are similarities with the novel of William Golding. First of all, these literary works are about British boys stranded on an island and choosing savagery instead of civilization. For example, the hunters “let the bloody fire go out”(Golding 81). Missing the plane and the ship causes boys to be savages in both of the works. In addition, the dialog in the movie is same with the novel. Jack’s sentence, “There isn’t a tribe for you anymore!” (232) is same in the movie. Except for some parts, the dialog in the movie is taken word by word from the novel. To summarize, these similarities show the sign of respect to the work of Golding.

To begin, the conversation of Simon and pig’s head is not given place in the movie. There is no scene that Lord of the Flies says, “I’m part of you” (182). I think, if this scene was included, evilness inside humankind would be shown more effectively. Additionally, the final scene of the movie is not faithful to the novel. The naval officer has been thinking about “fun and games”(259) until he has learned about two dead boys. It would be very powerful if the officer was realizing evil within children. All in all, these differences help us to make a distinction between the novel and the