Differences between Lord of the Flies book & movie.

      William Golding’s Lord of the Flies book has a plenty of differences compared to Harry Hook’s movie of Lord of the Flies. In the movie the boys are no grownups, the boys are not British and Simon does not meet the lord of the flies.

      The first point to compare is that in the movie there was a grown up, but there wasn’t one on the book. “Aren’t there any grownups at all?” “I don’t think so” (8) The fact that there was a grown up on the movie affects the book, because one of the major issues when the boys reached the island was that they were happy, especially Jack and the choir, that /because they didn’t have a grownup to tell them what to do or not and also it was developed throughout the book. This difference takes away some of the relevant parts of the book; the fact that they didn’t have a grownup was the one who sometimes caused problems between the boys.

      The second point is that on the book the boys were British, but in the movie the boys were American. “I should have thought that a pack of British boys-you’re all British, aren’t you?-would have been able to put up a better show than that-I mean-”(202) The fact that the boys were not British affects the book, because on the novel the boys ­are influenced by British manners and when they do things they think “we are British, we cannot do anything wrong” and in the movie the boys are American and they see things from a different perspective. Also the way British people see the World War 2, differs from the American view.

      The third point to compare is that Simon didn’t meet the Lord of the Flies in the movie, but he did on the book. “‘-Or else’ said the Lord of the Flies, ‘we shall do you? See? Jack and Roger and Maurice and Robert and Bill and Piggy and Ralph. Do you? See?’ Simon was inside the mouth. He fell down and lost consciousness” (144) The fact that Simon didn’t meet the Lord of the Flies it’s a very important different, because in the movie he didn’t represent Jesus’ figure, and the Lord of the Flies didn’t represent God. The movie didn’t have any religious connection, as the book did. When Simon met the Lord of the Flies, he talks to him and tells him that Simon is going to die, and that has a connection with Jesus because he knew he was going to be killed. Although Jesus knew when he was going to be killed, Simon didn’t.

      William Golding’s Lord of the Flies book and Harry Hook’s movie of Lord of the Flies share the same name, but not the same plot. Even though they differ drastically at points, they both display the storyline clearly.  Although, the movie had more action and actually showed images, the book is more enjoyable. In every case of book and then movie, almost everyone prefers the movie rather than the book, but this time the book is a better option.