l.o.t. flies and coral island

Nearly every one of man’s inventions has been an improvement of a previous idea. There are always originals and always those that try to better that original. The novel Lord of The Flies, written by William Golding, is a contrasting idea to that of The Coral Island by Robert Ballantyne. The original novel, The Coral Island, was written in the 1800’s as an expression of what Robert Ballantyne thought to be what would happen if British boys were stranded on an island. William Golding compares to Robert Ballantyne’s ideas by showing what he feels would happen in a very similar scenario. Both novels have different styles of governments in use and each novel has a different outcome. The books The Coral Island and Lord of The Flies illustrate why the governments of the two groups of boys work and do not work respectively.

The Coral Island is a story about three boys who are stranded on a large island with everything that they need provided by the island. When the boys arrive on the island they immediately establish a government, though it was almost predetermined when the three were on their boat before the crash. The government that they set up was a democracy. The three

The Coral Island and Lord of The Flies both had different reasons for surviving and deteriorating. Factors such as number of people, habitability of the terrain, previous relations to one another, and presence of more than one aspiring leader all affect the efficiency of a government. Democracy only works when the number of people is small, or it is made sure that each person gets his voice in to be heard. Democracy also only works when there are familiar groups who have similar interests. A dictatorship is more appropriate for large countries, with varying ideas from the people. Dictators can enforce their will or rules upon people, as shown in Roger from Lord of the Flies, who is the enforcer of rules in Jack’s tribe. Dictators or Presidents, each has their advantages and disadvantages. The Coral Island and the Lord of the Flies are both excellent metaphysical demonstrations of different governments’ pros and cons currently employed throughout the world.

The novel Lord of The Flies follows two systems of government, one of which ultimately prevails. The first system they use is a democracy/dictatorship. When the boys’ plane crash lands leaving them without adults, they find a conch shell that they use to show who holds power and can addres

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