AN ANALYTICAL COMPARISON BETWEEN LORD OF THE FLIES AND JOHN DOLLAR

Moja diplomska naloga se osredotoča na dva romana: Lord of the Flies pisatelja Williama Goldinga in John Dollar pisateljice Marianne Wiggins. Namen je narediti marksistično analizo obeh romanov in dokazati, da se Marxove teorije res lahko uporabijo za vse plasti literarnega dela, ter raziskati, kako Marxove teorije razmerja moči v skupinah veljajo za oba romana. Prav tako sem raziskala tudi odnose med dekleti, Charlotte in Johnom, potem, ko se po potresu znajdejo sami na otoku brez odraslih, in preučila njihovo obnašanje, ko pristanejo v svetu, kjer ni več nobenih pravil, ki jih morajo upoštevati.My thesis focuses on two novels: Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding and John Dollar, written by Marianne Wiggins, and does a Marxist analysis of both novels to see if Marx’s theories can really apply to every literary work and explore how Marx’s theories of power relationships in groups apply to both novels. I also explored the relationships in John Dollar when the girls find themselves alone on the island after being washed ashore with no adults around and examine their behaviour when nurture is taken out of the situation and only biological programming influences the situation of the society that they find themselves i