Comparing Coral Island And Lord Of The Flies

On the other hand, there appears to be many differences between Coral Island and Lord of the Flies. The character named Peterkin that was in the excerpts of Coral Island however, he was not a character in Lord of the Flies. Another difference, is that Peterkin killed a pig for the feast but, in the Lord of the Flies Jack tends to hunt all the pigs for the feasts they have. In Coral Island: First Hunt/Dinner, Ralph, Jack and Peterkin appear to have way more food than the boys in the book Lord of the Flies. In Coral Island they have a feast with pig, taro- root, yam, potatoes, plums and wood-pigeon. While in Lord of the flies, their feast consists of pig because the fruit causes diarrhea. With the amount of boys on the island tends to differ