Lord of the Flies vs. Cast Away Essay

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Lord of the Flies vs Cast Away Although the book “Lord of the Flies” and the movie “Cast Away” have a number of similarities, they also have some notable differences. Both stories have fire, but are used for different reasons. The fact that both take place on an island that have comparable features, and each story involves a place crash, but under different circumstances. In both the movie “Cast Away” and the book “Lord of the Flies”, Chuck and the boys build a fire. But on one hand they didn’t make the fire for all the same reasons. The first thought the boys had was to build a fire as a signal. Unlike in the book, where Chuck had a spelt out HELP in the sand as his signal. Chuck mainly made the fire the fire to keep warm and cook food. The way they started the fire was also different. In “Lord of the Flies” they used Piggy’s eye glasses to reflect the sun and start the flame, whereas Chuck used the friction of two sticks to ignite his fire. But the fire benefited them in all the same ways. The settings of both the book and the movie are similar to each other, in the way that they both take place on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. This is very important because the island in “Lord of the Flies” is shaped like a boat, representing a way to get home. There are some characteristics of both islands that are comparable to each other, such as the rocks and palm trees the boys use as shelter. The islands also have resembling mountains and summits, which is where the boys set their signal fire in “Lord of the Flies”, however in “Cast Away”, Chuck uses it to get a better view of the island. Another topic that is similar yet different in the book compared to the movie is the plane crash. In “Cast Away”, the plane crash was caused by many things. First of all the violent storm had pushed them off course of their flight and then there was a failure in the

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