“We’ve got to have rule and obey them. After all, we’re not savages. We’re English, and the English are best at everything.” This is quote from the novel lord of the flies. I have been tasked to explain and persuade this audience on why I believe the book is far superior to the movie of the same name, released in 1990 by Harry Hook. The novel was written by William Golding in the year 1945 only 9 years after WW2 ended. William Golding was born in 1911 in Cornwall, he went to school at Marlborough Grammar school. Golding had joined the navy during the war and became commander of a rocket launching ship. In 1945 Golding retired from the navy and returned back to his previous job before the war. Lord of the files was published in 1954, which became a success, this allowed Golding to retire from teaching and focus on his writing. The first ever film of Lord of the Flies was released in 1963 and directed by Peter Were, the film was remastered by Harry Hook in 1990.…show more content… Firstly I will examine the strengths and weaknesses before I move onto how the original plot in the novel was missed. The novel is able to go into much more depth of detail compared to the film. The novel allows the reader to image what the setting and characters look like. The film however dose not it’s another on interpretation of the novel. The novel also allows you to read it whenever and not being able to lose your place, compared to the film it may be easier to lose your place. The weaknesses of the novel is that it takes a lot of time to read all the chapters which becomes boring at times whilst reading. The strengths of the film are to be able to watch the novel instead of read it. Weaknesses that the film has are that compared to the novel the film doesn’t stay on the storyline, whereas the novel stays on the
