Comparing Hope In Lord Of The Flies And The Road

Whether the tHope is a feeling of trust, while to others its an expectation or a desire. Hope is an optimistic state of mind that either encouraged you to move or to distrust your own opinion. Hope is found in different novels by the authors vision or aspect of their own opinion. The novels have that aspect of hope that represent duality throughout each novel. In The Lord of the Flies by William Golding and The Road by Cormac McCarthy, hope has similarities that are explained in different ideas.

The similarities of hope in the novels are portrayed in the character state of mind. however there are symbols behind each character. The characters include Ralph, Piggy, and the dad. These three characters have all experienced this split second when “he walked out into the gray light and stood and he saw for brief moment the absolute truth of the world” (McCarthy 130). The three characters together have similar behaviors, personality, and state of mind. Although they have different hope concepts, they have an understanding of what they once left. They are aware of happening before them with the world they created. Yet the goal of Ralph and Piggy would be to escape the island, while the dad wants to escape the world he’s living

Piggy points out “you build a bonfire that isn’t no use...[now] you been set the whole island on fire” (Golding 47) not realizing that the whole island will burn before they’re rescued. For The dad, values “carrying the fire” because he is committed to survive as long as possible without leaving the boy behind. The fire is like the future of each character it reflects back to the mindset. The fire theme in Lord of the Flies and The Road fluctuate through the story leaving them with despair or ambition. Although each character has an understanding of the importance of fire, there is one character that interpret it into something