Compare Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN and William Golding's LORD OF THE FLIES Looking at these books in detail it is obvious that there are many comparisons that can be made between Frankenstein and Lord of the Flies, despite the fact that they were written over a century apart. Both novels were written at times of major change in human history. Lord of the flies was written at the back end of World War 2, and was published July 1959. At a time when the world was under major change to rebuild after the horrifying events of WW2, and to ensure that they were never repeated. G...