Comparing Lord Of The Flies And The Maze Runner

“Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy...” (Golding, William). “And at that moment, in the space of only a few seconds, he learned a lot about himself. About the Thomas he was before. He couldn’t leave a friend to die” (The Maze Runner). In these quotes, there is a connection that shows how the book, The Lord of the Flies compares to the movie The Maze Runner. Correlating the two productions, they both show their character being sympathetic towards a companion, that seemed to be close. These quotes characterize their words, almost giving you the sensitive feeling to feel with them. Throughout The Lord of the Flies and The Maze Runner the environment, …show more content…
We often see the first theme of fear appear in both. In The Maze Runner we see that there is fear all throughout the movie. They fear for their lives. “If you ain't scared,” Alby said, “you ain't human. Act any different and I'd throw you off the Cliff because it'd mean you're a psycho.” (The Maze Runner). In this quote we see that Alby, on of the characters in the movie, is expressing his view on fear. He believes that you aren’t human if you weren't scared in a situation that they all were in (being captivated, and not knowing what’s on the outside of their world). “…fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island . . . Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!” (Golding, William). In this quote from The Lord of the Flies, Piggy is giving us a different perspective on fear. He himself is scared, yet he tries to reassure the other boys on the island that there is not a beast on the island. He also expresses in his words that the beast can’t hurt them because it’s not real, it’s just the fear in their minds that make it up. The second theme of youth, in both productions, is a main factor. Both have youth in their stories, which makes up a majority of the characters. In The Lord of the Flies, the young British boys are the rise, and the climax of the story. In The Maze Runner the majority of the characters …show more content…
“Ava Paige: ‘Wicked is good.’” (The Maze Runner). “Maybe […] there is a beast[…]What I mean is… maybe it's only us.” (Golding, William), “[Jack] began to dance and his laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling.” (Golding, William). The first quote from the maze runner shows us that Ava, a character from the movie, is turning opinion on the “Wicked” foundation. She thinks that the bad side is good and the good side is wrong. In the second two quotes from the book, shows that the boys think that they are creating the beast mentally. They think that their minds are becoming the beast. Jack especially, has created a monster of himself. He becomes savage and evil. He becomes bloodthirsty and a killer. From this we see the conflict between human impulse towards savagery and the rules of civilization. Ava, becomes savage to the other teenagers because of her insane and positive thoughts of “Wicked”. She is making conflict with the rules of civilization, thus making her a savage. Some of the little British boys become savage and follow the leadership of Jack and disobeying the rules they all