Compare/Contrast All Quiet on the Western Front and Lord of the Flies

There are few books that capture the horrors of wars and the effect that they have on ordinary men . All Quiet on the Western Front is a first person account that relates the story of German soldiers experience during the war . It details the account of Paul Baumer and his companions who are in the war . This story details the atrocities that occur during the war and the effect that it has on the young protagonist and his friends . While it takes a departure from other books of this genre by not going

into detail about the horrors of the war , it instead takes a very straightforward approach that shows how the war has affected the minds and hearts of men

In comparison , the Lord of the Flies discusses how culture created by man fails , using as an example a group of British school-boys stuck on a deserted island who tries to govern themselves with disastrous results The story highlights the changes that take place with the children and how the most primal of all feelings come out . The struggles that the children face , alone and fighting for survival , brings out the dark side of many

In an effort to survive and in the struggle for power , the children had to do certain things that changed them forever . This is quite similar to the changes in All Quiet on the Western . This change is shown through the various experiences that Paul and his friends endure . Day after day , they are...