What Are The Similarities Between The Most Dangerous Game And Lord Of The Flies

The short story “The Most Dangerous Game” and novel Lord of The Flies are very alike. They are written years apart. The short story “The Most Dangerous Game” is written by Richard Connell and is about a man who falls of a boat and ends up on an island. This island is not normal. There’s a very bad man who lives there. The Novel Lord of The Flies is written by William Golding .It is about a group of boys who find themselves alone on an island and have no-one but themselves on a remote island. They are very alike even though they were written decades apart, one in nineteen twenty-four and the other one nineteen fifty-four. Each of them is about the human mind and how easily it can go from bad to good. Even though Lord of The Flies and “The

In Lord of The Flies Jack is always in conflict with another person. For example jack vs piggy and ralph. Ralph is in a constant battle with jack. In the end jack kills piggy and attempted to kill ralph. In TMDG General Zaroff is constantly trying to kill his prisoners. He kills people as a game and the people try to get away. Another similar conflict is person vs society. In LOTF Ralph is always fighting to keep the rules and the conch. Jack is always trying to disobey and get his way. Jack fights with ralph and piggy because they represent rules, adults and society. Likewise in TMDG, Zaroff speaks about how he knows that people don’t like him and his island. He likes to brag about how he gets away with different illegal killings and how even the police are afraid of his island. The last example is, Person vs self and in lord of the flies, Ralph is fighting himself to believe that he can keep the group good and not evil.” He would like to have a pair of scissors and cut this hair” (William Golding).Ralph feels that if he doesn’t cut his hair, cut his nails and bathe he is coming savage. In the same way, Rainsford fights with himself in the beginning to still like hunting but in the end knows how the prey feels. Like in this quote “For the hunter… not for the jaguar”. (Richard Connell) Rainsford is starting to feel remorse for all the animals he’s killed. Each of them have a different plot structure but they have a lot of

In LOTF there is a nice part of the island. It contains the beach, where kids play and sleep. It’s the setting which most would think of happiness with. The beach is like a safe place where they all feel secure. The house in TMDG is also the safe area. It’s the place where in the beginning Zaroff feels safe and in the end where Rainsford will feel safe. The next setting is jungle in LOTF, it is the scary and unknown place. It’s where they think the beast is and none of them like it at night. The hunting grounds are also a scary place. It’s scary and dangerous because real people are killed and murdered there every day. Finally, the mountain and the bedroom. The mountain is the place of hope and power. It’s where the fire is and it’s where jack and his control. The bedroom is a delicacy. It shows the power that Zaroff holds over his prey. “He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided.” He feels better because he is sleeping in the power spot. "Ralph sat on a fallen trunk, his left side to the sun. On his right were most of the choir; on his left the larger boys who had not known each other before...before him small children squatted in the grass."(William Golding pg 30) This describes the feeling in this area. Not fearful but happy place to