In recreating the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Peter Brook's interpretation was as I would have interpreted it. Basically, he kept the plot as it was created by Mr. Golding. He nearly used the exact story line as in the novel and just about put it in same chronological order as in the book. The story is about a group of young children that crash from a plane on a deserted island during a war. The children simply have different goals which causes problems along their journey. Peter Brook was successful in recreating the story by keeping the plot, setting and characterization similar to that in the novel.

If a film is based on a novel, it should always connect tightly with it. In this case, it did. Peter Brook kept the plot on the same track as it was in the novel. For instance...