“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?” The popular TV show, Survivor, features a group of contestants who are abandoned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of young boys who are stranded on an secluded island, and must work together to survive and provide for themselves. Fear, survival, and the need for companionship connect the TV show Survivor and the book Lord of the Flies together.
Fear controls people of all ages and sizes. In Survivor, participants have the fear of being voted off the island, while in Lord of the Flies, the boys have a fear of the “beast” and not being rescued. Piggy from Lord of the…show more content… In some people, it can flip their mind and make them go outrageously savage. This explains how Jack and his ‘apostles’ act after being on the island for a while. The same thing can happen to the contestants from Survivor. A girl by the name of Sabrina talks about another girl who seems to be a bit out of her mind. “[She] needs to be soothed. She’s a hot mess right now.”This shows that being out in the wild can take a part of you mentally.
The need for companionship is quite overwhelming when you are in isolation. Luckily, both Survivor contestants and Lord of the Flies characters have each other, but it can get hard when it comes to survival of the fittest. Everyone wants to win or be rescued first, so it can be hard to find good company and get along. "Shut up," said Ralph absently. He lifted the conch. "Seems to me we ought to have a chief to decide things.””I ought to be chief," said Jack with simple arrogance, "because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp." This quote from Lord of the Flies is an example of how people can get bitter after only being in an isolated location for a short amount of time. This proves that people need companionship.
TV show Survivor and the book Lord of the Flies can definitely be connected by fear, survival, and the need for company. Fear will take hold of your life, Survival instincts can make you turn savage, and you always need someone for
