Hunger Game Vs The Hunger Games

Which is better, the ‘Classic’ or the ‘Modern’ novel? After reading the classic novel, ‘Lord of the flies’ and the Modern novel, The Hunger Games, it is clear that the classic novel won the battle between old and new. Lord of the Flies, written by William Goulding is a novel about a young group of school boys who’s plane was shot down over a deserted island and they must try to survive. The boys are free from the rules of society and the instinct to work toward civilisation and order slowly defends into savagery, violence and chaos. The Novel, The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins is an action packed story of Katniss Everdeen who is forced to take police in the violent Hunger Games. Katniss must endure many deadly situations, learn to control how she is perceived and manage complex relationships in order to survive in the games. The major theme of innocence and the main characters of these novels where compared in order to justify which novel was better.

Throughout the novel, Lord of the Flies the major theme shown throughout is innocence. For the duration of the novel the young boys progress from innocent, well behaved children longing fir rescue to bloodthirsty savages who eventually lose desire to return to civilisation. The painted bloodthirsty savages towards the end of the novel, who have tortured and killed animals and even their friends are a far cry from the sincere children portrayed at the beginning of the novel. Golding portrays this loss of innocence as a result of their naturally increasing opened to the innate evil that exists within all human beings. “There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me. And I’m the Beast. . . . Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! . . . You knew, didn’t you? I’m par...

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...an simply go back to her normal life. In both Novels we are positioned to like the main characters and both authors achieved this. In comparison to the two novels it is Ralph that invokes more sympathy as all his friends turn against him as they decline into savagery. Only one of the boys, Piggy, stays by Ralph’s side however the group of savage boys eventually kill Piggy leaving Ralph all alone trying to escape. Sympathy is also felt for Katniss however because she is also killing in return, more sympathy is felt for Ralph who never does anything to hurt the other party.

In conclusion, after comparing both a Classic novel and a Modern Novel the Classic novel won the battle between old and new. I personally liked Lord of the Flies a lot more than the Hunger Games because of the way the themes were demonstrated and they way I was lead to view the main characters.