Lord Of The Flies Comparison Analysis

In William Golding's classic, Lord of the Flies, a group of children from a british all boys school crash land on a deserted island. After the boys regroup on the island, they nominate a boy named ralph to be their leader. The first half of the book focuses on Ralph trying to figure out ways to get everyone off the island while dealing with another boy named jack trying to take over. However, as the book progresses, Jack slowly takes leadership from Ralph while also going insane. The concept of a group of people stuck and trying to escape is also present in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. However, in Danganronpa’s case the group trapped are 16 high school students in a school. The reason these 16 students are trapped is because they are being

Both of these pieces of media dive into the human mind and how people react to being imprisoned. Due to this, both medias handle the same themes. One of the major themes both address is people will ignore immoral actions for their own benefit.
One of the first examples of this unwilliness is in Lord of the Flies is with Piggy and Ralph. After Piggy and Ralph join Jack's tribe, Simon comes out of the forest too tell the others that the bestie everyone is afraid of is not real. However, everyone in the tribe mistook Simon for the monster and killed him. After this, Ralph and Piggy head back to their own camp and realize what they participated in. After this realization, Piggy quickly states this, “It was dark. There was that-that bloody dance. There was lightning and thunder and rain. We was scared!” (Golding 142). The reason Piggy states this is because he was trying to convince Ralph that Simon's death was not their fault. To Piggy, everyone that participated in Simon's murder should not feel guilty since none of them were thinking

In Jack's case, the root of his terrible actions in the book can be traced back to his need for power and control over everyone. This is the reason why he picks fights with Ralph and tires everything in his power to seem like the more desirable leader to the boys. With this thirst for power and control combined with Jack’s growing obsession with hunting, is no wonder that as the book progresses Jack’s actions become more and more horrific. The same can be said for Tsumugi's case. In Danganronpa V3, it is established that Tsumugi is a longtime fan of Danganronpa and wants it to continue for as long as possible. Tsumugi’s obsession with danganronpa is so extreme that when the survivors are about to end Danganronpa she states “Well, that's fine... If this is a world without killing games now... I don't want to be a part of it. I have no interest in a world without Danganronpa” (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony). After knowing about her obsession with Danganronpa, it's clear that Tsumugi doesn't care if the the other characters die since in her mind, it's all apart of a show. Jack and Tsumugi are a unique example since in their case, they aren't ignoring the negative actions of others, but ignoring their immoral actions for their own benefit. For both of these characters, it doesn't matter how bad their actions are or who get hurt because of it, as