domingo, 18 de noviembre de 2012

Lord of the Flies and The Simpsons







On this blog I will make a comparison about The book written by William Golding, " The Lord of the Flies" and the episode 14 of the 9 season of The Simpsons: Das Bus.
The epidose that we will stydy was written by David S. Cohen and the similarities it has with the book: The Lord of the Flies, are not matches. This episode is based on the book, but the director and the guinist tried to make it funny.
First, we have that some of the characters on The Simpsons have a lot of similarities to the ones on the book, they act in the same way in both cases. Bart represents Ralph, because he is the one that gives instructions, he is a sort of leader. Nelson is very similar to Jack, Nelson hates Milhouse, and Jack hates Piggy... Sp we have another similarity, Milhouse represents Piggy, they both have glasses too.
Continuing with the comparison, in both cases, the leader uses the sound of the shell to call the group to an assembly. They also use the glasses if Piggy/Milhouse to make a fire and in both groups there is a rumor of a beast. When they were on the island, there were no grown-ups in either islands and the two gropups of survivors hunted a pig and they ate it.
The reason why they got lost was different now. In Lord of the Flies, they were travelling by airplane because the group of students were scaping from a war, and in The Simpsons, the students were on an excursion. They were all students too.

The Lord of the Flies


Chapter two:  on the mountain

                                               
                                            

Ralph told the others that they are on an island. The are no houses and no boats, they are on and uninhabited island. They will have rules, they can´t speak all at once. A littlun said that he saw a bestie, a big snake. They went to the top of the mountain to make a fire and call the attention of any ship or airplane.


Chapter three: Huts on the beach:



Jack returns with nothing on hands from a hunting day and he met Simon and Ralph, who were building shelters for the younger ones to live in,  but dessafortunately they could not do the job by theirselves, so the shelters fall down before they were completed. While Jack and Ralph were disscusing because of work, Simon went towards the forest to help the littluns reach fruits.Both of them thought he might be in the lagoon, so thjey took a bath. Finally, Simon walked deeper into the forest and he found an open space full of nature.

Questions:

Who was the one that helped Ralph doing the shelters?
Why did they need shelters?



Chapter four: Painted faces and long hair:

Who were the bigguns who distroyed the littlun's sand casttles?
What were doing the fire watchers when the group saw a ship passing?

Chapter five: Beast from water

Why did Ralph call the group to an assembly?
Which of the boys gives the idea that the beast comes from the sea?