Of Mice and Men vs. Lord of the Flies

Fear is Motivation

Lord of the flies

- Simon being mistaken for the "beast" and Jacks tribe attacks and kills him out of fear

-Sam and Eric leaving Ralphs tribe because of threats

Of Mice and Men

- Curley being scared of Lennie/ Lennie being scared to fight back

- Lennie accidently killing Curley's wife

- The Lady in the Red Dress

Lord of the Flies

alone

stranded

want to get rescued

Statement

School boys

scared

want to go home

young

want to survive

need guidence

Lord of the flies

The Boys belived that they need to create fire to be able to get rescued. The fire will create smoke so the boats and aircrafts will be able to see it.

Since fear is an underlying motif in both novels, it has a great impact on the lifestyle of the characters as fear can be very controlling, fear can at times even inspire characters to dream of a better life, and finally, fear can establish a hierarchy amoung the characters seperating those who are powerful from those who are weak.

"The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we dont keep th fire going? is a fire too much for us to make? [...] Look at us! How many are we? and yet we cant keep a fire going to make smoke. Dont you understand? Cant you see we ought to- ought to die before we let the fire out?" (Golding 87)

Of Mice and Men

"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They dont belong in no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake an then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They aint got nothing to look ahead to. [...] O.k. Someday- we're gonna get the jack together and we are gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and-' 'An' live off te fatta the lan', Lennie shouted. 'An' have rabbits. Go on, George! tell about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, adhw tic the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that, George.' [...] 'We'll have a big vegtable patch and a rabbit bunch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we'll say hell with goin' to work, and we'll build up a fire in the stove and set around it an' listen to the rain comin' down on the roof.'[...] (Steinbeck 13)

Driving Force

Lord of the Flies and Of Mice and Men are both fictional novels that present stories that stem from average human fears. Fear can impact people in numerous different ways which can cause people to be motivated, to dream, or to recognize their weaknesses

Lord of the Flies

Of Mice and Men

Fear Inspires Dreams

- A bunch of school boys get stranded on an island after a plane crash and they try their best to survive despite all the obstacles that come their way

- Having been away from society too long, the school boys seperate into different tribes and most of them end up as savages with war paint and spears.

- The school boys are rescued in the end but it took the whole island to be brought to flames.

Of Mice and Men

George and Lennie had a dream of one day owning a ranch of their own. However they kept on losing their jobs because Lennie would get them in trouble.

- Lennie and George travel from ranch to ranch in search of a job

- Lennie causes trouble for his fetish for petting soft things.

- George and Lennie have a dream of having their own ranch.

- Lennie accidentally kills a woman and George has to shoot him to save him from curley.

Fear is lonliness which results in weakness

loneliness

weakness

Jack

Ralph

- doesnt follow rules

-became the "fun" tibe

-became the leader

- Abusded his power

- strong figure

-responsible and wise

-Made little "uns" feel safe

-Assured civilization

-became lonely and struggled for power

Of Mice and Men

- Curleys wife threatening Crooks

In Conclusion...

Of Mice and Men

vs.

Lord of the Flies