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

Discuss the pessimism that Golding and Garland present in the novels victor of the move and The Beach. Show how both writers move over 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 subtle effect on society. The Beach was written in 1996, American globalisation had begun andthe media played a massive part in society. The different timesaffect the novels in different shipway. For example the technologicaljargon language used in The Beach is very different to the StandardEnglish used in Lord of the Flies.Both novels are similar in some ways stock-still different in others, althougheither way they always have hints of pessimism. One of the ways thenovels are different is music genre. The Beach at send-off seems to b e travelwriting, so the reader expects to learn about the journey and cultureof the back-packing land of Bangkok, yet the main character Richardtravels to an isolated island, where there is a lot of differentcultures and races and no one shares the same value systems,traditions, customs or beliefs so the genre seems shift 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 reference 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 answer to The Coral Island. In the 20th century book wefind the same two characters, red cent and Ralph both stranded on anuninhabited island without adult supervision. Their reaction tofreedom and the unknown is absolutely different from Ballantynes twoyoun g adventurers. Instead of bringing civilization, they stimulatechaos, 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 resemblance 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 idealsetting palm fronds would whisper, this creates a sense of calm.Again the delineation of beauty is shown through the use of a metaphor to