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Another similarity would possibly be that both novels though they start with an aim to save children from war and chaos, develop with the chaos that the children created. The war that emerged in "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" is no different than the disaster in "Lord of the Flies" in the context of "the war inevitable". It stresses the pessimist idea that there is no escape from war, which I guess triggered many post-war writers like Tolkien as well as Golding and Lewis.
Yes, I like what you say, Minerva. I agree with the idea of "the war inevitable." In both books, it is a war of good vs. evil. And it is "inevitable" because it springs from the heart of man. We all have the capacity for wickedness, but we express or suppress it to different degrees.
Then as Machiavelli once said, “all men are wicked,” the laws and institutions of civilization guide people for supressing their wickedness and if people have the opportunity they will always behave with malignity.
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May 08, 2011 10:55AM
Another similarity would possibly be that both novels though they start with an aim to save children from war and chaos, develop with the chaos that the children created. The war that emerged in "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" is no different than the disaster in "Lord of the Flies" in the context of "the war inevitable". It stresses the pessimist idea that there is no escape from war, which I guess triggered many post-war writers like Tolkien as well as Golding and Lewis.
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Yes, I like what you say, Minerva. I agree with the idea of "the war inevitable." In both books, it is a war of good vs. evil. And it is "inevitable" because it springs from the heart of man. We all have the capacity for wickedness, but we express or suppress it to different degrees.
Then as Machiavelli once said, “all men are wicked,” the laws and institutions of civilization guide people for supressing their wickedness and if people have the opportunity they will always behave with malignity.
