Lord of the Flies-Cast Away

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In this essay I will be comparing the movie Cast Away with the previous book that we read, Lord of the Flies. There were several different themes that ran throughout the book. Some of them that I will cover in my essay are the struggles for leadership and power is often difficult. Humans are often lead by the fears, superstition, and prejudice of the unknown to commit or support actions or policies that are barbaric. Also, that evil is present as a destructive influence in man.

The struggle with leadership and power is often difficult. Between Jack and Ralph, Ralph had leadership from the beginning because of the conch and Jack had a smaller part in leadership with the hunters. Jack always seemed to want more and more power and he seemed to go to any lengths to get more power. As time went by some of th

Evil is present as a destructive influence with man, operating counter to the forces of reason and civilization. In Lord of the Flies the evil that is present as a destructive influence is the war that is going on, not only on the island, between Ralph, Piggy and Jack's hunters, but a larger war is going on in the adult world. The war going on in the world was ultimately the reason for the boys ending up on the island to start with. In Cast Away the presence of evil was present when he had thoughts of hanging himself from the tree on top of the cliff.

e boys that were under the leadership of Ralph left to go with Jack because he had meat. Near the end of the book almost all of the boys were following Jack. In the movie Cast Away, Chuck always wanted to be better than the next guy. He was always trying to

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Approximate Word count = 551
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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