Comparing Lost and Lord of the Flies

Lost, a television series about forty-eight survivors struggling to stay alive after a plane crash and Lord of the Flies, a novel by William Golding in which young boys are stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash are remarkably similar. Although the television show is most likely based on the novel, there are also differences. Both stories take place on a deserted island following a plane crash. One of the most obvious similarities is the parallels between the characters Ralph, Jack and Piggy in Lord of the Flies and Lost's Jack, Sawyer and Hurley. Both the novel and the television show use the imagery of a beast.

Lord of the Flies is set on a deserted island where young boys are stranded after a plane crash. Similarly, Lost tells the story of adult survivors struggling to stay alive after...