Lord of the Flies vs. Lost
What was the atmosphere like in Lord of the Flies when they first landed on the island?
When the boys first landed on the island, there was no urge to find out where they were, or to figure out what had happened or what went wrong. They actually had a laid back attitude. One example of how relaxed the boys were in Lord of the Flies, was when Ralph and Piggy went for a swim, and Ralph made it very clear that they would be rescued by his father who was in the navy, so there was no need to worry."I could swim when I was five. Daddy taught me. He's a commander in the Navy. When he get's leave he'll come and rescue us..." (13, Lord). The boys did not see how urgent the situation was and that they could be stranded on the island for a very long time, where if an adult was stranded on the island, there would have been a larger sense of urgency to get off the island or figure out a way to survive. The boys non sense of urgency could either land them in a lot of trouble, or work in their favor and make them not feel the need to stress over the little things, (even though being stuck on a deserted island is not a little thing).
