lord of the flies and julius caesar?

Question

what similarities do they have in common?
it can be the character comparison...anything!

i meant ANIMAL FARM, sorry

Answer 1

Are you sure you weren't asked for similarities and contrasts, because there are more obvious contrasts.

The only two things I can think of are that Caesar is like the guy with the conch shell, but people want him to share it. They think he is too ambitious, and they are envious.

In Lord of the Flies, the conch shell is supposed to be passed to whomever has something to say, but the ambitious group wants it all for themselves. They don't want to share power.

In Julius Caesar, Brutus, feels compelled to commit a murder for the sake of a principle. In Lord of the Flies, no one is concerned with principle, just base desires like lust for power, and a primitive urge for savagry.

In Lord of the Flies, people are incited to violence and savagry via religious superstition (the book was a thinly veiled attack on religion; the religious boys were the ones who degenerate into savages first). In Julius Caesar, people are incited to violence over eloquent speeches, designed to place blame elsewhere.

I hope that helps. It's been many, many years since I've read these!

Answer 2

Could you possibly be referring to mob violence? How in each case, a mob of people was whipped into a killing frenzy?