"Lord of the Flies" and "The Outsider" comparision

One of the key elements to survival is being able to adapt to society. The ability to adapt leads to success in life, but failure to adapt leads to tragedy and sometimes in extreme cases "death". The book "Lord of the Flies" and "The Outsider" illustrates Piggy and Mersault lacking the basic instinct to accept changes in their life. Piggy and Mersault died at the end because of their inability to adapt to changes in their situations.

In the novel "Lord of the Flies", a plane crash caused a group of British boys to land on an island. Ralph, who started as the leader of the boys and along with Piggy's assistance create law and order on the island. However, Jack who opposes Ralph for power took over Ralph's leadership. Later on, Jack, as the new leader of his so called tribe killed a boy called Simon when they went on a rampage during the dance.

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

After that Ralph, Piggy and a few other boys were basically the only ones left that didn't join with Jack's tribe. Afterwards, they tried to confront Jack and talk some sense into him. But Piggy only ended up killed by one of the savages of Jack's tribe. Ralph was able to escape, but they searched for him throughout the forest. In the next morning, the savages lighting the forest on fire smoked out Ralph. Ralph raced through the forest for his life and fell on his feet to see a naval officer from the adult world standing before him just as Jack and his tribe of savages were about to stab him to death. Ralph was saved and he realized the loss of innocence and the evil within men.

"The Outsider" introduced Mersault as the main character who lacked the...