Discuss the pessimism that Golding and Garland present in the novels :: English Literature

Discuss the pessimism that Golding and Garland hand in the novels master copy of the Flies and The strand. Show how twain writers have a discouraged attitude to human nature. Discuss the pessimism that Golding and Garland present in the novelsLord of the Flies and The Beach. Show how both writers have apessimistic attitude to human nature.Lord of the Flies was written in 1954, a time when commercialisationwas not an issue and media hype only had cunning effects on society. The Beach was written in 1996, American globalization had begun andthe media played a massive part in society. The different timeaffect the novels in different bearings. For example the technologicaljargon spoken language used in The Beach is very different to the Standard English used in Lord of the Flies.Both novels are similar in some ways yet different in others, althougheither way they always have hints of pessimism. One of the ways thenovels are different is genre. The Beach at first seems to be trav elwriting, so the reader expects to find out about the journey and cultureof the back-packing land of Bangkok, yet the main use Richardtravels to an isolated island, where there is a lot of differentcultures and races and no cardinal shares the similar value systems,traditions, customs or beliefs so the genre seems firing slightly.With Lord of the Flies its apparent at first that Golding may havebeen influenced by the novels Robert Louis Stevensons TreasureIsland, Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe and R. M. Ballantynes coralIsland. All are castaways novels. There is a graphic symbol to CoralIsland the officer who finds the boys nods Jolly good show. Like theCoral Island. Golding wrote Lord of the Flies in 1954 after the waras a realist event to The Coral Island. In the 20th century book wefind the same two characters, Jack and Ralph both stranded on anuninhabited island without enceinte supervision. Their reaction tofreedom and the unknown is absolutely different from Ballanty nes two modern adventurers. Instead of bringing civilization, they createchaos, terror and death. The different reaction Goldings charactersillustrate a novel for the more mature reader as an adventure novel,which confounds the readers first expectations.The most obvious relation between the novels is the setting andisolation. Although at first glance the islands seem idyllic, bothwriters plant seeds of evil, within the description of the paradise socracks can be seen.In Lord of the Flies personification is used to describe the exaltationsetting palm fronds would whisper, this creates a sense of calm.Again the image of looker is shown through the use of a metaphor to