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Comparison Of Deliverance And Lord Of The Flies

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The portrayal of savagery in Lord of the Flies and in Deliverance are similar in that both novels try to convey that a lack of rules and of civilization to hold the human nature back creates gradual entropy which causes “civilised” people to embrace animalistic instincts; the difference between the two novels is that while Lord of the Flies portrays savagery as an innate part of humanity that civilization suppresses, Deliverance, portrays savagery as not necessarily innate but more of a corruption of what man is.
Lord of the Flies follows the story of British boys who try to survive after their plane crashed on a remote island. As the novel progresses, a rivalry between the main character, Ralph, and the head of the hunters, Jack, begins to emerge. The character of Ralph representing civilization and the desire to remain civilized and hold on to their English Values, while Jack represents the desire to embrace the animalistic instinct and live a darwinist life where the strong live and the weak die. The portrayal of civilization and its effects tend to be positive in the novel with Ralph using his authority as leader to create rules for the safety of the boys and create a plan to try and get the boys off of the island. Ralph and his Friend Piggy both try to hold on to the ethics they were taught back in England and they are portrayed as the most level headed characters in the story. Jack, who abandons the ethics he was taught in society, uses his authority as leader of the

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