Lord Of The Flies Comparison

Corrupt governments thrive in extreme, unstable conditions. Once inside an extreme environment, people become instinctual. People realize their true inner savagery in extreme environments, and feel the need to form shaky alliances to create structure. Within alliances formed by instinctual responses, corruption grows. Both Aldous Huxley’s and William Golding’s contemporary dystopian novels use setting to emphasis the savagery in each human. For instance, both Brave New World and Lord of the Flies reflect how extreme environments push for the formation of unsavory alliances that build corrupt societies. Extreme settings mold people into their surroundings. Huxley compares the Malpais and London. Comparisons allow for each environment to

Amidst Huxley’s artificial world lies a structure to substitute the lack of alliances. Huxley’s hypnopaedic conditioning allows for the controlled setting of London to completely stabilize. People on opposite ends of the spectrum despise one another: “Gammas are stupid” (Huxley 27). In Lord of the Flies, Golding demonstrates how the Jungle erects fears in people and naturally pushes them into alliances. Golding clearly indicates the movement of people by fear when Ralph asks, “‘Are you the only one left?’”(Golding 155). Huxley’s class system and brainwashing control the natural urges shown in Lord of the Flies. Both Huxley’s and Golding’s environments construct their social

Huxley writes about a man in control of a perfect environment. Huxley writes of how if the production of a perfect environment becomes achievable, no heroes will come from it’s creation, but Mustapha Mond finds his way to the top : “Conditions have got to be thoroughly unstable before the occasion can arise” (Huxley 237). Huxley’s grand chief controls the environment and in turn controls the society and the people. Golding writes about a wild untamable environment in control of a corrupt man. Often the question of ,“‘Am I safe?’” arises when on the island and demonstrates how insecure the boys of of their control over the island (Golding 174). Huxley and Golding both agree that corruption for those in power comes easily in unstable